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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 3 3 Browse Search
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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), R. (search)
falls is, between latitudes 12° and 43° north, 78; between latitudes 43° and 50° north, 103, between latitudes 50° and 60° north, 161. Local circumstances, however, largely interfere with this; at Rome, for instance, there are but 64 days of rain in the year, and at Padua 120. London has 220 dry days in the year, and Dublin but 150. The number of days of heavy rain is nearly the same at both places, — from 16 to 32 annually. Dr. Heberden found that on top of Westminster Abbey, from July, 1766, to July, 1767, but 12.099 inches of rain fell; on top of a lower building near by 18.139 inches; and at the ground, 22.608 inches. At York, as determined by Phillips in 1834-35, the amount at an elevation of 213 feet was 14.963 inches; 44 feet, 19.852 inches; at the ground, 25.706 inches. At the Paris Observatory the relative amounts falling three meters from the surface of the earth, and a station twenty-seven meters above this, were as 1.116 to 1. The effect produced on the an
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., The crisis (search)
The crisis How Great Britain Estranged America. Chapter 25: The Charter of Massachusetts in peril.—the fall of the Rockingham Administration. May—July, 1766. The satisfaction of America was not suffered to con- Chap. XXV.} 1766. May. tinue long. The King, regarding the repeal of the Stamp Act as a fatal compliance, George the Third to Lord North, 4 February, 1776. which had for May. ever wounded the majesty of England, and planted thorns under his own pillow, A short history, &c., &c., &c., 18, 19. preferred the hazard of losing the colonies Considerations on the Present State of the Nation, &c., &c., by a late Under-Secretary of State, 50. to tempering the British claim of absolute authority. Their denial of that claim and their union were ascribed by his friends to the hesitation of his Ministers, whose measures, they insisted, had prevailed by artifices against the real opinion of Parliament; and the coming hour was foretold, when he British Augustus wo
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 26: (search)
Chapter 26: Coalition of the King and the Great Commoner against the aristocracy—the Administration of Chatham. July—October, 1766. the obnoxious clauses of the Billeting Act had Chap. XXVI.} 1766. July. been renewed inadvertently by Ministers, who had designed to adopt a system of lenity. They proposed to remove Bernard from Massachusetts, in favor of Hutchinson, Thos. Hutchinson, jr., to Thos. Hutchinson, July, 1766. whom Conway had been duped into believing a friend to colonial liberty. Reviving against Spain the claim for the ransom of the Manillas, they suggested in lieu of it a cession of the island of New Orleans; though the Spanish ambassador took fire at the thought, saying, New Orleans is the key to Mexico. Durand to Choiseul, 27 June, 1766. With equally vain endeavors, they were forming new and milder instructions for the government of Canada, Hardwicke's Memorial. in the hope to combine respect for the municipal customs and religion of its old inhab
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 29: (search)
Chapter 29: Parliament will have an American army and an Ame-Rican Revenue.—Charles Townshend's supremacy in the Administration. March—July, 1766. the eclipse of Chatham left Charles Townshend the lord of the ascendant. He was a man of wonderful endowments, dashed with follies and indiscretion. Impatient of waiting, his ruling passion was present success. He was for ever carried away by the immediate object of his desires; now hurried into expenses beyond his means, now clutching at the phantoms of the stock market or speculations in America. In social circles he was so fond of taking the lead, that to make sport for his companions, he had no friendship which he would not wound, no love which he would not caricature. In the House of Commons his brilliant oratory took its inspiration from the prevailing excitement; and careless of consistency, heedless whom he deserted or whom he joined, he followed the floating indications of the loudest cheers. Applause was the tempt
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 9., Strangers in Medford, (continued from Vol. 9, no. 3). (search)
Strangers in Medford, (continued from Vol. 9, no. 3). Names.From. Date.Warned out.Remarks. White, SamuelBoston, June or July, 1766Nov. 8, 1766 Whiting, JamesPepperell, Aug. 10, 1758Nov. 27, 1758Tenant of Col. Royall. In Fish House, lately occupied by Mr. Teal,         Mary (wife)         James (child) Whitmarsh, SamuelBoston, Aug., 17^9Oct. 8, 1770         wife Wier, DanielAug. 31, 1797 Willett, JosephWalpoleFeb. 8, 1758 Willey, NathanJan. 30, 1791 Williams, GershomFrom Parson Cook's Parish. Cambridge, Arlington. Apr. 16, 1772Victualler. Tenant of Col. Royall in house which Hugh Floyd last occupied.       wife and family Williams, JohnApr. 16, 1784       wife and family Williams, MaryCoventry, Ct., Apr. 15, 1756Servant of Wm. Whitmore. Williams, SarahMalden, May 21, 1756Nov. 27, 1756Half Indian. Servant of Joshua Simonds.         and child, 9 mo. old Williams, WilliamChelsea, May 13, 1761Feb. 16, 1762In house of Jos