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Friday, November 9, 1660 Vol. 50. The Boston Gazette SERVING BOSTON AND THE NEW ENGLAND AREA 10¢ outside of the 1¢ Colony if Massachusetts Printed by Bartholomew Fáncy and Sons, Boston Colony & World Report FOG, OVERCAST High, 45ºF, Low, 25ºF > A2 for more on weather Parliament Passes New Act POPULATION NAVIGATION ACTS OF 1651 SETS NEW TRADE LAWS GROWTH Recently, the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England has reestablished The City of Boston Has and revised the Navigation Acts, updating the original 1651 act. The Navigation Acts are a set of laws passed by the government to make sure they profit from the Reached A Population of colonies’ trade, by not permitting trade between our colonies and other European Four-Thousand Residents nations. It also states that all English trade must be carried on English vessels, and that tobacco, wood, and sugar could only be sold to England or its colonies.. Many of “Some merchants are resorting to us colonists resent these laws. Some merchants have ignored the acts and have resort- Today we, Boston, have smuggling. The ed to smuggling. Just last week, a frigate called the Aurora smuggled rum and other reached a population of about Navigation Acts goods to the Spanish, which is a deed that is dealt with by severe punishment. These four-thousand residents. We damages their valu- colonists’ decision to smuggle and pirate goods is causing England to have a difficult able trade.” would have reached higher if time. I believe this may be the start of something bigger. smallpox had not suddenly -Charles Bobb, Resident of Boston surfaced. But, alas, sometimes things don’t go our way. So -Thomas Pennington many people have died and their deaths shall be mourned. Thou must know that we shall continue on, remember- Pirates Attack English Ships ing all those people who died The English Government used to encourage pirates to attack Spanish shipping. But not anymore. We from smallpox, I entrust ye to too have grown rich from trade and commerce and pirates are now targeting English ships as well. do it too. Four-thousand is Scores of English ships are being captured, their crew killed or held ransom. One of the many ships still better than naught, we captured was the H.M.S. Wave which was seized traveling from London to Boston. “It’s all very fright- should be proud for sustaining ening”, says Franklin Ben, a merchant from Boston. “ I never expected pirates to target English ships. It and prospering this far. could be me next.” -Charles Redditon the III -Paul Franklin LOCAL NEWS DEATHS WHO DID WHAT Fáncy and What’s the weather Mary Barrett Dyer, Col. Adrian Find out who your favorite writers, journalists, and editors Sons Press Co. going to be like? > A2 Grope, and Jack Williamson > A2 are, and what they have done in this newspaper > A2 A2 News | The Boston Gazette | Friday, November 9, 1660 < Weather Who Did What? FROM A 1 A closer look at how this newspaper came to be FALL IS DEFINETELY HERE Staff As the days get shorter and sum- Thomas Pennington (Ryan Yamamoto) mer has become fall; the tempera- Charles Redditon the III (Daniel Nguyen) ture will unfortunately start to de- Paul Franklin (Collin Tasaka) cline. To everyone’s disappoint- Connor Hittle ment the temperature will be a McKaulay Kolakowski little chilly, from the lower 40s to Articles/Jobs etc. the upper 50s, although it still will “Weather”: Connor Hittle be quite warm tomorrow by mid- “Obituaries”: McKaulay Kolakowski day. You might have to change “Population Growth”: Charles Redditon the III from your doublets and petticoats “Parliament Passes New Act”: Thomas Pennington to something a litter heavier! On “Pirates Attack English Ships”: Paul Franklin the bright side, you now will be Newspaper Template: McKaulay Kolakowski able to grow your cold weather Formatting and Design: Paul Franklin crops, such as: hardy greens, let- Editor: Paul Franklin tuce, spinach, peas, turnips and much more! Here is your 5 day forecast! Visit Paul Franklin’s silver shop, for Notice Board the finest quality silver in town, only Missing pig, large, goes by Wilbur, SAT. SABBATH MON. from Boston's best silversmith! reward if found Covered wagon for sale, $10 Please Come to the Pennington Frigate going to England, looking Bookshop, where you’ll find all TUES. WED. THURS. FRI. for crew; will pay upon arrival of the books you’ll ever need!! Mary Barrett DYER Col. Adrian SCROPE Jack WILLIAMSON Mary (Marie) Barrett was Colonel Adrian Scrope was born Jack Williamson was born on May 23, 1620. born circa 1611 in Eng- circa 1601. He was an English He worked as a rope maker’s apprentice and land. She married Wil- colonel who served during the later decided to become a cooper. He spent liam Dyer at age 22 and First and Second English Civil his life making barrels for storing rum. He moved to Colonial Ameri- Wars. He Is best know howev- has been considered by his peers as one of ca. She went back to er, for being one of the fifty nine the finest and most skilled barrel-makers England and became a Commissioners who signed the around. His skill shows though in his work, Quaker. She returned Death Warrant of King Charles I, and barrels stamped with the initials J. W. from England and was jailed on arrival. She who was beheaded as a result and Sons are sought out for was forced to go to Rhode Island and soon of the trial. After the execution, there was a third their superior quality. Unfor- returned to Massachusetts to preach where English civil war. Charles II assumed after the war tunately, he died on Febru- she was jailed again. She was one of four and Adrian Scope was tried and found guilty of ary, 26 1660 when a barrel Quakers know as the Boston martyrs. She regicide for which he was hanged, drawn and of rum rolling down the was hanged in Boston on after being given quartered on October 17, 1660. street hit him and then ex- a chance to repent, which she did not on ploded. He is missed by his June 1st, 1660 after defying the Puritan law wife and sons. banning Quakers in Massachusetts. .