Letter from the Committee of Correspondence of Boston, to the Committee for New Jersey

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Boston, August 22, 1774.

SIR: The Committee of Correspondence for this town have handed to the Committee of Donations a letter from you of the 28th ult˙, which breathes such a spirit of union and hearty concern for the rights of America, as must enkindle in every breast the highest opinion of the virtue and firmness of the inhabitants of New-Jersey. With hearts deeply impressed with gratitude, we note your kind intentions to contribute for the relief of the inhabitants of this town, suffering by means of the Boston Port Bill, and desire to know "in what way you can best answer our present necessities, whether cash remitted or articles of provision." For answer, if cash would be equally agreeable to our friends, it would be very acceptable at this time, but would leave that matter entirely to your convenience. The Christian sympathy and generosity of our friends through the Continent cannot fail to inspire the inhabitants of this town with patience, resignation, and firmness, while we trust in the Supreme Ruler of the universe, that he will graciously hear our cries, and in his time free us from our present bondage, and make us rejoice in his great salvation. Please to present our grateful acknowledgments to our friends of New-Jersey, and be assured we are, with great esteem, sir, your friends and fellow-countrymen,

NATHANIEL APPLETON, per order.