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Address of the Magistrates and Town Council of the City of Brechine, transmitted to the Earl of Suffolk, one of His Majesty' s principal Secretaries of State, and presented to His Majesty.
The humble Address of the Magistrates and Town Council of the City of BRECHINE, in Common Council assembled.
Most Gracious Sovereign:
We, your Majesty' s dutiful and loyal subjects, the Magistrates and Town Council of the City of Brechine, beg leave to approach your royal throne, as well from duty as from a sincere attachment to your Majesty' s person and Government, at a time when rebellion, among some of your Majesty' s subjects in America, rears its head, and bids defiance to the laws; to express our loyalty and attachment to your Majesty' s person, family, and Government; and to assure your Majesty, that, from the bottom of our hearts, we abhor and detest the rebellious acts of
We beg leave to assure your Majesty, with the most unfeigned truth, that we look upon those attempts with the utmost indignation; and most earnestly wish that the measures adopted by the Legislature may, by the aid of the Almighty, be the speedy means of restoring tranquillity, and putting an end to civil discord: for obtaining of which happy end, we will support your Majesty, and the authority of the Legislature, with our lives and fortunes.
That your Majesty and your royal heirs may reign to latest posterity, over an united and happy people, is our most ardent wish.
May it please your Majesty, your Majesty' s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Magistrates and Town Council of your City of Brechine.
Signed in our name and by our appointment, and the seal of the City is affixed.
JOHN MOLISON, Provost.
Brechine, October 28, 1775.
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your Colonists; and that we utterly disapprove of every method whatever, tending to inflame the minds of your Majesty' s peaceful subjects against your Majesty, and those of your most honourable Council, while prosecuting measures so highly necessary for bringing to reason and submission to the laws those of your rebellious and deluded subjects who have endeavoured to throw off their dependance on the Parent State.