find that any of the inhabitants of Salem
engaged in the slave-trade; but we notice that at a town-meeting held in
the month of May, 1773, the following vote was passed: "That the
Representatives of the Town be instructed to use their utmost Endeavours
to prevent the future Importation of Negroes into this Province; their
Slavery being repugnant to the natural Rights of Mankind and highly
prejudicial to the Province." It is of course possible that some Salem
people may have been interested in vessels hailing from other places and
engaged in this nefarious traffic, as it is now considered.

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Arrival of Irish servants at Boston in 1769.

_Arrived from IRELAND,_

THE Ship King of Prussia, ARTHUR DARLEY, master, has on
board 30 Servants, some Tradesmen, viz. Taylors,
Shoe-makers, Smiths, Weavers, &c. the remainder Country lads
that understand Farming business.----His stay here will be
short, as he is bound to another Port.

_Boston Chronicle_, September 25.

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The celebrated revival preacher Rev. George Whitefield was in Boston in
1764. We take the following item from the "Boston Post-Boy" of February
24:--

At a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the
Town of Boston on Friday last, it was voted unanimously,
That the Thanks of the Town be given the Rev. Mr. GEORGE
WHITEFIELD, for his charitable Care and Pains in collecting
a considerable Sum of Money in Great-Britain, for the
distressed Sufferers by the great Fire in Boston, 1760; and
a respectable Committee was appointed to wait on Mr.
WHITEFIELD to inform him of the Vote, and present him with a
Copy thereof, which Committee waited upon him accordingly,
and received the following Answer,

_Gentlemen,_

_This Vote of Thanks for so small an Instance of my
good-will to_ Boston, _as it was entirely unexpected, quite
surprizes me----Often have I been much concerned that I
could do no more upon such a distressing Occasion.----That
the Redeemer may ever preserve the Town from such like
melancholy Events, and sanctify their present afflictive
Circumstances to the spiritual Welfare of all its
Inhabitants, is the hearty Prayer of,_

Gentlemen,
Your ready Servant in our common LORD.