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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
aqua. Another colony, with Falmouth—now Portland—as its capital, might extend to the Penobscot, and yet another to the St. John's. Massachusetts, he continued, would then afford a fine opportunity for trying the experiment of the most perfect form of government for a mature American province. A modification of its charter, a certain civil list, an order of nobility for life, and places of profit with sure emoluments, would place the king's authority upon a rock. Bernard to Halifax, 8 November, 1764. If the new arrangement were to be conducted by the king in parliament, the consent of the colonies would not be necessary, and the business might soon be brought to a conclusion. Nor did Bernard forget to remind Lord Halifax, that once Massachusetts had for a season established a stamp act. Bernard to Halifax, 12 November, 1764. In Connecticut, the aged Johnson, then enjoying sweet retirement in the lovely village of Stratford, familiar with the royalists of New-York, and t