Transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick. Geo. Sept. 23, 1792: The Hearts of Oak at Raphoe Transcribed from the 21 March 1793 edition of the Calcutta Gazette newspaper, by permission of The British Library: Dublin, October 6. By a private letter from Raphoe [co. Donegal] we learn that, on Sunday evening the 23d of last month, during the time of divine service, a large body of men, amounting in number to more than 1,200, and much better armed than could possibly be expectd, marched in to that town in martial array; and after parading through it for a considerable time, to the great terror of the more peaceable inhabitants, at length made a public proclamation that they were determined not to pay any tithes in future; and then departed without committing any act of violence. They called themselves The Hearts of Oak, and promised to return in greater force on the following Sunday, when they would more explicitly avow their intentions, and more decidedly explain their demands. =======================