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Stoneham (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
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 the Provinces on the Continent. Digressions from compacts, said the men of Princetown, lessen the connection between the Mother Country and the Colonies. South Carolina, too remote for immediate concert, was engaged in the same cause. They marked their affection for Rawlins Lowndes, one of their discarded Judges, and in great esteem throughout the Province, by electing him the Speaker of their Assembly. The
Medfield (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
oston. 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 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 w
France (France) (search for this): chapter 26
st assert their liberties whenever Chap. XLIX.} 1773. April. the opportunity offers; wrote Dickinson from Pennsylvania. John Dickinson to Samuel Adams, Fairhill, 10 April, 1773. The opportunity was nearer than he thought; in England Chatham saw plainly, that things were hastening to a crisis at Boston, and looked forward to the issue with very painful anxiety. Chatham to T. Hollis, 18 April, 1773. It was the King who precipitated the conflict. He had no dread of the interposition of France, for that power, under the Ministry of the day, feared lest the enfranchisement of the Anglo-American Colonies should create a dangerous rival power to itself, Memoire sur L'Angleterre, in Angleterre, Tome 502. and was eager to fortify the good understanding with England by a defensive treaty, or at least by a treaty of commerce. Dispatches of Aiguillon to de Guines in March and April 1773. Louis the Fifteenth was resolved at all events to avoid war. King to Lord North, 20 April, 17
Newport (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
bring censure on no one but himself. During this controversy a Commission composed of Admiral Montagu, the Vice-Admiralty Judge at Boston, the Chief Justices of Massachusetts, New-York and New Jersey, and the Governor of Rhode Island, met at Newport to inquire into the affair of the Gaspee. Deputy Governor Sessions and Stephen Hopkins, formerly Governor, now Chief Justice, were Chap. XLIX.} 1773. Jan. the two pillars on which Rhode Island Liberty depended. They notified the Commissionern. Then, said Hopkins in the 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
East Greenwich, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
nd, met at Newport to inquire into the affair of the Gaspee. Deputy Governor Sessions and Stephen Hopkins, formerly Governor, now Chief Justice, were Chap. XLIX.} 1773. Jan. the two pillars on which Rhode Island Liberty depended. They notified the Commissioners that there had been no neglect of duty or connivance on the part of the Provincial Government; from which it followed that the presence of the special Court was was unnecessary as it was alarming. The Assembly having met at East Greenwich to watch the Commissioners, the Governor laid before it his instructions to arrest offenders and send them for trial to England. The order excited general horror and indignation. The Chief Justice asked directions how he should act. The Assembly referred him to his discretion. Then, said Hopkins in the 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. E
Charlotte (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
March, full of the love of country. Its Members had authentic information of the proceedings of the town of Boston; and public rumors had reached them of the Commission for inquiry into the affairs of Rhode Island. They had read and approved of the answers which the Council and the House of Massachusetts had made in January to the speech of Hutchinson. They formed themselves, therefore, into a Committee of the whole House on the state of the Colony; and in that Committee Dabney Carr, of Charlotte, a young statesman of brilliant genius as well as of fervid patriotism, moved a series of resolutions for a system of intercolonial Committees of Correspondence. His plan included Chap. XLIX.} 1773. March a thorough union of Councils throughout the Continent. If it should succeed and be adopted by the other Colonies, America would stand before the world as a Confederacy. The measure was supported by Richard Henry Lee, with an eloquence which ever passed away from the memory of his he
John Pownall (search for this): chapter 26
, and blackhearted fellows whom one would not choose to meet in the dark, Hutchinson to Secretary Pownall, 13 Nov. 1772. That this letter was read by the King, appears from Dartmouth to Hutchinso, 21 Feb. 1773; Same to General Mackay, 23 Feb. 1773. When the Assembly met, Hutchinson to John Pownall, 24 Feb. 1773. the Speaker transmitted the proceedings of the Town of Boston for organizing te reasonableness and necessity of coercion, and justify it to all the world. Hutchinson to John Pownall, Jan 1773, in his Letter Book; and compare Hutchinson to John Pownall, Jan. 1778. In RemembrJohn Pownall, Jan. 1778. In Remembrancer for 1776, II. 60. The speech was printed and industriously circulated in England; and for a short time made an impression on the minds of many not well acquainted with the dispute. His hearstood, that Parliament would, by some means or other, maintain its supremacy. Hutchinson to J. Pownall, 24 Feb. to Gov. Pownall, 23 Feb. 1773. To his correspondents in England he sent word what mea
Jan (search for this): chapter 26
invited the Legislature to adhere to his principles or convince him of his error. Elated with vanity, he was sure in any event of a victory; for if they Chap. XLIX.} 1773. Jan. should disown the opinions of the several towns, he would gain glory in England; if they should avow them, then, said he in a letter which was to go straight to the King, I shall be enabled to make apparent the reasonableness and necessity of coercion, and justify it to all the world. Hutchinson to John Pownall, Jan 1773, in his Letter Book; and compare Hutchinson to John Pownall, Jan. 1778. In Remembrancer for 1776, II. 60. The speech was printed and industriously circulated in England; and for a short time made an impression on the minds of many not well acquainted with the dispute. His hearers in Boston saw his indiscretion, and Samuel Adams prepared to take the fowler in his own snare. No man in the Province had reflected so much as he on the question of the legislative power of Parliament; no
W. Franklin (search for this): chapter 26
n 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 unchristse their annual payment of four hundred thousand pounds. The bankruptcies, brought on partly by this means, gave such a shock to credit, as had not been experienced since the South Sea year; and the great manufacturers were sufferers. Compare Franklin to Cushing, to W. Franklin, and to Cooper. The directors came to Parliament with an ample confession of their humbled state, together with entreaties for assistance and relief; and particularly praying that leave might be given to export teas fr
Smyth (search for this): chapter 26
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 CSmyth 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, 1773. Yet Connecticut, the Chap. XLIX.} 1773. Feb. land of steady habits, was, at that day, the most orderly and quietly governed people in the world; and the Charter of Rhode Island, in spite of all its enemies, had vitality enough to outlast the unreformed House of Commons. The bold doctrines of Massachusetts, gained ground, and extended to other Co
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