Norfolk, October 12, 1775
The subscriber having been prevented from continuing his business, by a most unjustifiable stretch of arbitrary power, begs leave to inform the publick, that he has some expectations of procuring a new set of materials, which, if he should be so fortunate as to succeed in, will enable him once more to apprise his countrymen of the danger they may be in from the machinations and black designs of their common enemy. The particular place where the office will be erected is not yet fixed, but it will be so near Norfolk as to give an opportunity of receiving the earliest and most authentick information of the proceedings of the gentlemen of the army and navy, and of sounding the alarm whenever danger approaches. As his paper has hitherto been free and open to all parties, he intends to observe the same caution and impartiality in his future publications, and cannot but flatter himself that his conduct has been such as will entitle him to the future encouragement of his subscribers and the publick.
John Hunter Holt.
1. Purdie's Virginia Gazette, October 13, 1775.