The following is a copy of a letter which was wrote by a lady of this city, to Capt. S---s, and Capt. M'D-----l [electronic resource] : and as it contains sentiments which I think may be of some use in moderating the proposed violent and very extraordinary measures relative to certain persons, I should think it a piece of false delicacy to suppress the publication of it. A friend to justice and humanity.

The letter, a plea to prevent the 'unspeakable distress' of banishment from 'my native country, ' is addressed to Captains Sears and McDougall and signed: Your afflicted friend. New-York, March 20, 1775. Attributed to 'Mrs. Murray' by Shipton and Mooney.