This custom was continued many years. We take the following from the "Massachusetts Centinel," April 2, 1788:—
BURIED in town laſt week 11—BAPTISED 14.
Publiſhed by BENJAMIN RUSSELL, near the
State-Houſe, Boſton.
General Wolfe's Manifesto from the "Boston Gazette," Dec. 10, 1759.
As the Manifeſto lately publiſhed was only a Tranſlation from a French Manuſcript, we are requeſted to publiſh the following, which is
General WOLFE's Manifeſto,
as written by Himſelf.
The formidable Sea and Land Armament which the People of Canada now behold in the Heart of their Country is intended by the King my Maſter to check the inſolence of France;—To revenge the Inſults offered to the Britiſh Colonies, and totally deprive the French of their moſt valuable Settlements in North-America.
For theſe Purpoſes only is the Formidable Army under my Command intended.