This Day in History: July 9

We have nothing new in this Quarter. Sir Guy, gives strong assurances of the pacific disposition of his most gratious Majesty, by Land. Sir (that is to be) Digby, gives proofs, if he is dificient in assurances, of his most gracious Majesty’s good intentions of capturing every thing that floats on the face of the Waters; and of his humane design of suffocating all those who are taken thereon, in Prison Ships, who will not engage in his service. To an American whose genius is not susceptable of refined Ideas there would appear some little inconsistency in all this; but to the enlarged, & comprehensive Mind of a Briton, these things are perfectly reconcilable. But whether they are right, or whether they are wrong time will determine. [More]