To the public : Injustice, under whatever form it makes it's appearance, ought to be detected and punished. But when the authority of an office is made use of to oppress the poor.
| Author/creator | Hopkins, Esek |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Providence] : [Printed by William Goddard], [1763] |
| Description | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41388. ^A478749 |
| General note | Charging George Taylor, attorney for the colony of Rhode Island, and John Foster, clerk, with malfeasance in the taxing of bills of credit against the county of Providence. |
| General note | Signed and dated: Providence, April 2, 1763. Esek Hopkins. In his reply, Bristol B244, Taylor says of Hopkins "... all who know him, know also he never wrote it ..." but he does not name those whom he suspects of acting through Hopkins. |
| General note | William Goddard was the only printer active at Providence in 1763. |
| References | Bristol B2413 |
| References | Shipton & Mooney 41388 |
| References | Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 278 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41388). |
| Genre/form | Broadsides. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |