Excerpt from Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 1

We, the inhabitants of the town abovesaid, having fair occasion, counted it meet and necessary to give you true intelligence of the insolent and riotous carriages of Samuel Gorton and his company, which came from the island of Acquednick, which continue still as sojourners amongst us, together with John Green and Francis Weston, two whtch have this long time stood in opposi tion against us, and against the fairest and most just and honest ways of proceeding in order and govern ment that we could rt htly and truly use, for the peace able preservation an quiet subsisltence of ourselves] and families, or any that should have fair occasion to go out or come in amongst us; also six or seven of our townsmen which were in peaceable covenants with us, which now by their declamations do cut themselves 06 from us, and 'ointly under their hands have openly pro claimed to ta 0 party with the aforenamed companies, and so intend, for ought we can gather, to have no man ner of honest order or government either over them or amongst them, as their writings, words and actions do most plainly show. It would be tedious to relate the numberless number of their upbraiding taunts, assaults and threats, and violent kind of carriage daily lpractised against all that either with care or counsel see vent or withstand their lewd licentious courses. Brief to commit some few of them to your moderate gments, lest we ourselves should be deemed some way blinded in the currences of thin here is a true copy of their writing enclosed, which rancis Weston gave us the 13th of this present month; they having also set u a co y of the same on a tree in the street.

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