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Whitehall (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
tial to the dignity of the Crown, and a right appertaining to the State, which it was his duty to preserve entire and inviolate; that he, therefore, could not but be greatly displeased with the Petitions and Remonstrance in which that right was drawn into question; but that he imputed the unwarrantable doctrines held forth in the said Petitions and Remonstrance, to the artifices of a few. Dartmouth to Dr. Franklin, Agent for the late Representatives of the Province of Massachusetts Bay; Whitehall, 2 June, 1778. Dartmouth to Hutchinson, same date. All this while, Lord Dartmouth had a true desire to see lenient measures adopted towards the Colonies, Grafton's Autobiography. not being in the least aware, that he was drifting with the Cabinet Chap. XLIX.} 1773. May. towards the very system of coercion against which he gave the most public and the most explicit pledges. In America men began to prepare for extreme measures. Charles Lee, a British Officer on half-pay, resolved
Kittery (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
mbly; and caution had always stood in his way. At last the opportunity had come, and the Assembly with one consent, placed the pen in his hand. Meantime, the towns of Massachusetts were still vibrating from the impulse given by Boston. The swords which we whet and brightened for our enemies are not yet grown rusty, wrote the town of Gorham. Original Papers, 377, 7 Jan. 1773. Original Papers, 455. We offer our lives as a sacrifice in the glorious cause of Liberty; was the response of Kittery. We will not sit down easy, voted Shirley, until Franklin to T. Gushing, 9 March, 1773;--viii. 35. our rights and liberties are restored. Shirley to Boston Com. 11 Jan. 1773. The people of Chap. XLIX.} 1773. Jan. Medfield would also have a final period put to that most cruel, inhuman and unchristian practice, the Jan. Slave-trade. Proceedings of the town of Newfield, 28 Dec. 1772, and 11 January, 1773; Original Papers, 602. Acton spoke out concisely and firmly. Prohibiting sl
Grafton, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
free of all duties to America and to foreign ports. Had such leave been granted in respect of America, it would have been an excellent commercial regulation, as well as have restored a good understanding to every part of the empire. Duke of Grafton's Autobiography, III. 108. The Duke was then Lord Privy Seal, but not of the Cabinet. Instead of this, Lord North proposed to give to the Company itself the right of exporting its teas. The existing law granted on their exportation to Amerlin, Agent for the late Representatives of the Province of Massachusetts Bay; Whitehall, 2 June, 1778. Dartmouth to Hutchinson, same date. All this while, Lord Dartmouth had a true desire to see lenient measures adopted towards the Colonies, Grafton's Autobiography. not being in the least aware, that he was drifting with the Cabinet Chap. XLIX.} 1773. May. towards the very system of coercion against which he gave the most public and the most explicit pledges. In America men began to p
Massachusetts Bay (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
oever, as essential to the dignity of the Crown, and a right appertaining to the State, which it was his duty to preserve entire and inviolate; that he, therefore, could not but be greatly displeased with the Petitions and Remonstrance in which that right was drawn into question; but that he imputed the unwarrantable doctrines held forth in the said Petitions and Remonstrance, to the artifices of a few. Dartmouth to Dr. Franklin, Agent for the late Representatives of the Province of Massachusetts Bay; Whitehall, 2 June, 1778. Dartmouth to Hutchinson, same date. All this while, Lord Dartmouth had a true desire to see lenient measures adopted towards the Colonies, Grafton's Autobiography. not being in the least aware, that he was drifting with the Cabinet Chap. XLIX.} 1773. May. towards the very system of coercion against which he gave the most public and the most explicit pledges. In America men began to prepare for extreme measures. Charles Lee, a British Officer on half
Israel (Israel) (search for this): chapter 26
ch, 1773;--viii. 35. our rights and liberties are restored. Shirley to Boston Com. 11 Jan. 1773. The people of Chap. XLIX.} 1773. Jan. Medfield would also have a final period put to that most cruel, inhuman and unchristian practice, the Jan. Slave-trade. Proceedings of the town of Newfield, 28 Dec. 1772, and 11 January, 1773; Original Papers, 602. Acton spoke out concisely and firmly. Prohibiting slitting-mills, said South Hadley, is similar to the Philistines prohibiting smiths in Israel, and shews we are esteemed by our brethren as vassals. We think ourselves obliged to emerge from our former obscurity, and speak our minds with freedom, declared Lunenburg, or our posterity may otherwise rise up and curse us. We of this place are unanimous, was the message from Pepperell; our resentment riseth against those who dare invade our natural and constitutional rights. With one voice they named Captain William Prescott, to be the chief of their Committee of Correspondence; and no
Providence, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
e presence of both Houses, for the purpose of transportation for trial, I will neither apprehend any person by my own order, nor suffer any executive officers in the Colony to do it. Ezra Stiles to Rev Wm. Spencer, Newport, 16 Feb. 1773. A very long and carefully prepared letter.—The people would not have borne an actual seizure of persons; which nothing but an armed force could have effected. The attempt would have produced a crisis. Sessions, Hopkins, Cole and Brown, to S. Adams, Providence, 15 Feb. 1773. The Commissioners elicited nothing and adjourned with bitterness in their hearts. Smyth, the Chief Feb. Justice of New Jersey, who had just been put on the civil list, threw all blame on the popular Government of Rhode Island. Smyth to Dartmouth, 8 Feb. 1773. Horsmanden advised to take away the Charter of that Province, and of Connecticut also; and consolidate the twins in one royal Government. Chief Justice Horsmanden of New-York, to Lord Dartmouth, 20 February
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 26
single-minded country people during the week, as they made hay or gathered in the early harvest; on Sundays, the ministers discoursed on them, and poured out their hearts in prayers for the preservation of their precious inheritance of liberty. We devote not only what little we have in the world, said the people of Pearsontown, but even our lives to vindicate rights so dearly purchased by our ancestors. Original Papers, 705. The town of Abington became convinced that the boasted connection with Great Britain was not worth a rush. Abington to Boston, 29 July, 1773. The natural right of mankind to improve the form of Government under which they live, Hutchinson to R. Jackson, 12 August, 1773. was inculcated even from the pulpit; and at the time when the Pope was abolishing the order of the Jesuits, some of the clergy of Boston predicted that in fifteen years, Hutchinson to Israel Mauduit, 23 August, 1773. the people of America would mould for themselves a new Constitution.
Lunenburg, Ma. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
l period put to that most cruel, inhuman and unchristian practice, the Jan. Slave-trade. Proceedings of the town of Newfield, 28 Dec. 1772, and 11 January, 1773; Original Papers, 602. Acton spoke out concisely and firmly. Prohibiting slitting-mills, said South Hadley, is similar to the Philistines prohibiting smiths in Israel, and shews we are esteemed by our brethren as vassals. We think ourselves obliged to emerge from our former obscurity, and speak our minds with freedom, declared Lunenburg, or our posterity may otherwise rise up and curse us. We of this place are unanimous, was the message from Pepperell; our resentment riseth against those who dare invade our natural and constitutional rights. With one voice they named Captain William Prescott, to be the chief of their Committee of Correspondence; and no braver heart beat in Middlesex than his. Lynn called for a Provincial Convention; Stoneham invited the sister Colonies to harmony; Danvers would have strict union of all
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
pen in his hand. Meantime, the towns of Massachusetts were still vibrating from the impulse giveHouse of Commons. The bold doctrines of Massachusetts, gained ground, and extended to other Colople are thoroughly awakened. The towns of Massachusetts were all the while continuing their meetinew, endeavored to prove that the Colony of Massachusetts was holden as feudatory of the imperial Cranswers which the Council and the House of Massachusetts had made in January to the speech of Hutchtime therefore that the Representatives of Massachusetts avowed their legislative Independence, thered answer from the King to Petitions from Massachusetts, announcing that he considered his authoriof the House of N. H. 15 May, 1773. In Massachusetts, so soon as the Government for the year wasure to follow their example. Letter of Massachusetts to the other Colonies 3 June, 1773: Bradfoished to supplant him in the Government of Massachusetts, he himself made interest for Franklin's d[4 more...]
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
through the land. Metcalf Bowler to Speaker of the House of N. H. 15 May, 1773. In Massachusetts, so soon as the Government for the year was organized, the House on the motion of Samuel Adams, and by a vote of one hundred and nine to four, expressed its gratitude to the Burgesses of Virginia for their uniform vigilance, firmness and wisdom, and its hearty concurrence in their judicious and spirited Resolves. And then it elected its Committee of Correspondence, fifteen in number. New Hampshire and Connecticut did the same, so that all New England and Virginia were now one political body, with an organization inchoate, yet so perfect, that, on the first emergency, they could convene a Congress. Every other Colony on the Continent was sure to follow their example. Letter of Massachusetts to the other Colonies 3 June, 1773: Bradford, 401. While the patriot party was cheered by the hope June. of union, the letters of Hutchinson and Oliver which Franklin had sent over to t
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