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"all aspiring heroes 

 have now an opportunity of distinguishing themselves by 



joining 

 THE QUEEN'S RANGERS HUSSARS 

 commanded by 

 Lieutenant-Colonel Simcoe. 



"Any spirited young man will receive every encouragement, 

 be immediately mounted on an elegant horse, and furnished 

 with clothing, and accoutrements, &c, to the amount of 

 forty guineas, by applying to Cornet Spencer, at his 

 Quarters, No. 133 Water Street, or his rendezvous, Hewett's 

 Tavern, near the Coffee-house and the Defeat of Brandywine 

 on Golden Hill. 



"Whoever brings a recruit shall instantly receive two 

 guineas. 



"vivant rex et regina." 



Two other acts of the Provincial authorities also bore very 

 heavily upon the inhabitants and tended to increase their dis- 

 content. One was an order from the Provincial Congress to all 

 civil and military officers to arrest and confine all persons who 

 did not sign the association of the colonies, or who denied 

 the rights and orders of the Provincial or Continental con- 

 gresses, or who expressed sympathy with the royal cause, or 

 who furnished supplies of any kind to the fleet or army of 

 the King. The other act by the Committee of Safety author- 

 ized the seizure of guns, powder, bullets, and other munitions 

 of war from any one who had not signed the association, 

 for the use of the poorly-equipped and ill-supplied troops which 

 the Colony was putting in the field for the expedition against 

 Canada. The first act prevented freedom of speech, and 

 deprived the inhabitants of their ordinary markets, while 

 placing them at the mercy of every enemy they may have 



