vol ii [ 9 ] no 33 the north carolina magazine o r universal intelligencer from f rid ay january 11 to f r i d a y january 18 1765 boston in new-england oct 20 flatter myfelf would have explained to you and all the bu'tiih colonies on the corit4nent of america the ifeps which ought to have been t-ken for the mutual interelt of great-britain and her colonies ; and from the omifiion of which what has been done mull prove inef fldt-ial for the fervice of both copy of a letter from john huskk efq to the comnnttee ot merchants in iioiton weflminjier st martin s lane 14 aug 1764 gentlemen unforefeen accidents have hitherto impeded this publications and it is now thought advife at>je to defer it to t^e approaching meeting of parliament ; when i doubt not but an oppor tunity will offer of convincing you that the impeachment of my conduct f induitrbufly puoliihtd in all the american news-paptrsj was h\te malicious and infamous ; in the interim i muft beg leave to refer your worthy f i lend '< , for the exculpation of my public behaviour who heard what pafiod in ihe houfe o 1 commons he has alfo fcen the tract mentioned and can give you a clear and circumftantial detail of the whole but as to my private conduct you wi i am perfuaded indulge me in laying before you a few anec dotes and attribute the recital of them to the neceflity of my vindication not the vanity of aff-.-cling conf quence from my arrival in england to this day i have done every thing that the mrrow com pafs of my abilities and connections would ad mit of to alter the a£t complained of by the merchants of button fo as to make it anfwer their wiihes upon t'»e principle of fuch change being for the inttrtft of the whole empire : and to procure other regul itions rtfpecl ng fe veral branches of american trade o which labour under tnjudirioua anj dcttro&ife im pulh and reflri£tioiisj and which no power n march i was favoured with #•. 2s we 3 letter from you as a com v j i g mitteeof the merchants at doi ■» id ton dated the 10th of fcbru f t*\3?\a*i * ary lair accompanied with a w*"*8fcj»*«8f '--•' fi.i*e of the trade of your pro vince and a requeft that i might ufc my inter eft and influence in obtaining fome favourable alterations in the renewal if attempted cf the then expiring fugar aca the regard due to fo rcfpedtable a body of merchants the im portance of the fubjecl and the particular ef ttem 1 entertain for each oi you to whom i have the happinefs of being perfonally known in ufl have commanded an immediate acknow ledgment of the honour you did me had not an oppofition to a bill then depending in the houfe of commons which affe£red your trade navigation and commerce in feveral eftential points excluftve of what you wrote on fo engaged my attention as to make that mark of civility incompatible with your real intereft the bill being pad i refulved on replying to your favour but finding on reflection great er difficulty in conveying an adequate idea of what had been oppofed and what had bee.n propofed than i at firit apprehended 1 deter mined on poftponinz my anfwer that it might bz accompanied with a little trail which i