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Red Stone (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
VII.} 1766. Oct. his cabin as inviolably as the cliff or the cedar-top holds the eagle's eyrie. The few who occupied lands under grants from the Crown, could rely only on themselves for the protection of their property, and refused to pay quit-rents till their legal right should be acknowledged. The line of straggling settlements beyond the mountains, extended from Pittsburg up the Monongahela For the Official Papers of 1766, respecting the settlements on the Monongahela, especially at Redstone, see the Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, vol. IX. Compare also, J. L. Bowman in the American Pioneer, for February, 1843; Craig's History of Pittsburg, 98, 99; Day's Historical Collections of Pennsylvania, 336. and its tributaries to the banks of the Greenbriar and the New River, Compare Monette's History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi, i. 345. and to the well-known upper valley of the Holston, That lands in the Holston Valley were
Falmouth, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
rst proposed the Congress; Tenth Toast at Liberty Tree, 14 Aug. 1766. to the Virginians, who sounded the alarm to the country; to Paoli and the struggling Corsicans; to the spark of Liberty that was thought to have been kindled in Spain. From Bernard, who made the restraints on commerce intolerable by claiming the legal penalty of treble forfeits from merchants whom his own long collusion had tempted to the infraction of a revenue law, came unintermitted complaints of illicit trade. At Falmouth, now Portland, an attempt to seize goods under the disputed authority of Writs of Assistance, had been defeated by a mob; Bernard to the Board of Trade, 18 Aug. 1766, and Inclosures; Same to Shelburne, 3 Sept. 1766; Shelburne to Bernard, 11 Dec. 1766. and the disturbance was made to support a general accusation against the Province. At Boston, Charles Paxton, the Marshal of the Court of Admiralty, came with the Sheriff and a similar warrant, to search the house of Daniel Malcom Berna
Fox River (Michigan, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
above named papers were received; Letters of William Franklin and Benjamin Franklin, 1766; Franklin's Writings, IV. 233, &c. This plan for a colony in Illinois should not be confounded with the transactions respecting Vandalia, or as it has been called, Walpole's Grant, which was a tract south of the Ohio. Their proposal embraced the whole Western territory bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio, a line along the Wabash and Maumee to Lake Erie, and thence across Michigan, Green Bay, and the Fox River, to the mouth of Chap. XXVII.} 1766. Oct. the Wisconsin. From the Reasons, &c., section 8. The tract was thought to contain sixty-three millions of acres, the like of which could nowhere be found. Benjamin Franklin favored the enterprise which promised fortune to its undertakers, and to America some new security for a mild colonial Administration. It was the wish of Shelburne, B. Franklin to his son, 11 Oct. 1766. who loved to take counsel with the great philosopher on the interes
Kanawha (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
he line of straggling settlements beyond the mountains, extended from Pittsburg up the Monongahela For the Official Papers of 1766, respecting the settlements on the Monongahela, especially at Redstone, see the Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, vol. IX. Compare also, J. L. Bowman in the American Pioneer, for February, 1843; Craig's History of Pittsburg, 98, 99; Day's Historical Collections of Pennsylvania, 336. and its tributaries to the banks of the Greenbriar and the New River, Compare Monette's History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi, i. 345. and to the well-known upper valley of the Holston, That lands in the Holston Valley were sought for as early as 1756, see the proof in Ramsay's Annals of Tennessee, 66. where the military path from Virginia led to the country of the Cherokees. But as yet there was no settlement in Kentucky, and James Smith, who, with three others from Pennsylvania, went this year from the Holston, by
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
345. and to the well-known upper valley of the Holston, That lands in the Holston Valley were sought for as early as 1756, see the proof in Ramsay's Annals of Tennessee, 66. where the military path from Virginia led to the country of the Cherokees. But as yet there was no settlement in Kentucky, and James Smith, who, with threeprinted in 1849, at Abingdon, Va., in Mirror of Olden Time Border Life. This narrative is adopted by John Haywood in his Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee, from its earliest Settlement up to the year 1796, 35, 36. Ramsay in his Annals of Tennessee, 69, adopts Smith's narrative from Haywood. Collins in the chTennessee, 69, adopts Smith's narrative from Haywood. Collins in the chronological table to his Historical Sketches of Kentucky, accepts it also. Most of the party proceeded to the country of the Illinois. In North Carolina, the people along the upland frontier, many of whom had sprung from Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, Compare Foote's Sketches of North Carolina, chap. XI. suffered from the ille
Tennessee River (United States) (search for this): chapter 4
the Valley of the Mississippi, i. 345. and to the well-known upper valley of the Holston, That lands in the Holston Valley were sought for as early as 1756, see the proof in Ramsay's Annals of Tennessee, 66. where the military path from Virginia led to the country of the Cherokees. But as yet there was no settlement in Kentucky, and James Smith, who, with three others from Pennsylvania, went this year from the Holston, by way of Cumberland River, to the Ohio, and so to the mouth of the Tennessee, left no memorial of his passing by but the name of Stone, one of his companions, which he gave to a branch above Nashville. Remarkable Occurrences in the Life and Travels of Colonel James Smith, by himself. Reprinted in 1849, at Abingdon, Va., in Mirror of Olden Time Border Life. This narrative is adopted by John Haywood in his Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee, from its earliest Settlement up to the year 1796, 35, 36. Ramsay in his Annals of Tennessee, 69, adopt
Orange County (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
pproved advice came from Herman Husbands, Compare A Plain and Simple Narrative of Facts. an independent farmer, who dwelt on Sandy Creek, then in Orange, now Randolph County, where he possessed an ample freehold of most fertile land, and cultivated it so well, that his fields of wheat and his clover meadow Compare North Carolina Gazette of 15 July, 1771, copied into Boston Gazette of 15 July, 1771; 348, 2, 1 and 2. were the admiration of all observers. Each neighborhood throughout Orange County came together and elected Delegates to a General Meeting. They Chap. XXVII.} 1766. Oct. are judiciously to examine, such were the instructions given them by their simple-hearted constituents, whether the freemen of this County labor under abuses of power, and in particular to examine into the public taxes, and inform themselves by what laws, and for what uses they are laid, in order to remove some jealousies out of our minds; and the Representatives, Vestrymen, and other officers are r
Charles Garth (search for this): chapter 4
istration, replied Townshend, has applied its attention to give relief to great Britain from bear- Chap. XXVII.} 1767. Jan. ing the whole expense of securing, defending, and protecting America and the West India Islands; I shall bring into the House some propositions that I hope may tend, in time, to ease the people of England upon this head, and yet not be heavy in any manner upon the people in the Colonies. I know the mode by which a revenue may be drawn from America without offence. Garth to Committee of South Carolina, 31 Jan. 1767; Grafton's Autobiography. As he spoke the House shook with applause; hear him, hear him, now swelling loudest from his own side, now from the benches of the Opposition. I am still, he continued, a firm advocate for the Stamp Act, Charlemont to Flood, 29 Jan. 1767. for its principle and for the duty itself, Shelburne to Chatham, 1 Feb. 1767; Chat. Corr. III. 184, 185. only the heats which prevailed made it an improper time to press it. I la
William Franklin (search for this): chapter 4
rs of American Independence. No sooner were the prairies of Illinois in the possession of England than Croghan, a deputy Indian Agent, who from personal observation knew their value, urged their immediate colonization. Sir William Johnson; William Franklin, the royalist Governor of New Jersey; several fur-traders of Philadelphia; even Gage Gage to Secretary of State, 28 March, 1766, referred to the Lords of Trade in May. himself eagerly took part in a project by which they were to acquire valley of the world. Reasons for establishing a British Colony at the Illinois, 1766; Sir William Johnson to Secretary Conway, 10 July, 1766; Lords of Trade to the King, 3 Sept. 1766, before the above named papers were received; Letters of William Franklin and Benjamin Franklin, 1766; Franklin's Writings, IV. 233, &c. This plan for a colony in Illinois should not be confounded with the transactions respecting Vandalia, or as it has been called, Walpole's Grant, which was a tract south of the O
Irish (search for this): chapter 4
Life. This narrative is adopted by John Haywood in his Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee, from its earliest Settlement up to the year 1796, 35, 36. Ramsay in his Annals of Tennessee, 69, adopts Smith's narrative from Haywood. Collins in the chronological table to his Historical Sketches of Kentucky, accepts it also. Most of the party proceeded to the country of the Illinois. In North Carolina, the people along the upland frontier, many of whom had sprung from Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, Compare Foote's Sketches of North Carolina, chap. XI. suffered from the illegal exactions of Chap. XXVII.} 1766. Oct. Sheriffs and officials, whose pillaging was supported by the whole force of Government. The Sons of Liberty, said they to one another, withstood the Lords of Parliament in behalf of true Liberty; let not officers under them carry on unjust oppression in our province. No. 1, Advertisement C. Aug. 1766. In Tryon to Secretary of State, 24 Dec. 1768; Mar
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