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No. 21] remain subject to the Crown of England, and by their dutiful Behaviour to merit the Removal of those few Hardships and Inconveniences they complain of; no other Power can, or will protect them, and next to their own, tis impossible their Religion and Civil Liberties should be in better Hands than in a Parliament of England.

I must do the People of New-England so much Justice as to acquaint the World, that their Inclinations as well as Duty lead them to this ; they love the English Constitution, and would live and dye in the Defence of it, because when that is gone, they know their own must soon follow ; In the Reigns of King Charles and King James II. all the Men of Reflection throughout the Country seem d to be dispirited, and in Pain for the Protestant Religion, and English Liberty, but when the good Providence of God brought about the Happy Revolution, they began a Jubilee of Joy, which has continued almost ever since. When the Protestant Succession in the Illustrious House of Hannover was in Danger, no People in the World pray d more heartily for its taking Place ; and when it pleased Almighty God to bring His Majesty to the Throne of his Ancestors, none of his Subjects in any Part of his Domin ions celebrated the Auspicious Day with louder Acclamations of Joy and Thankfulness. In a Word, the People of New-England are a Dutiful and Loyal People, and that which the Protestant-Dissenters of the City of London, declared with so much Justice to His Majesty, in their Address occasioned by the late Rebellion, is litterally true of their Brethren in this Country, That King is not known to have a single Enemy to His Person, Family, or Government in all New-England.



21. The Condition of New Hampshire (1730/1) BY LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR JOHN WENTWORTH

NSWERS to the Queries sent from the Right Honorable the Lords of Trade and Plantations. — January 22, 1730.

1. The situation of the province of New-Hampshire, is between the