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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, The American revolution. (search)
cts of hostility, or an offensive league. On the sixth of July, congress set forth the causes July. and necessity of taking up arms. After recapitulating the wrongs of America, they asked in wordtate of parties in England: Why should we enumerate our injuries in detail Chap. XLI.} 1775. July. By one statute it is declared that parliament can of right make laws to bind us in all cases whatsoever. July What is to defend us against so unlimited a power? Not a single man of those who assume it, is chosen by us; and an American revenue would lighten their own burdens in proportion as th desperate measure. We exhibit to mankind the spectacle of a people attacked Chap. XLI.} 1775. July. by unprovoked enemies, without any imputation or even suspicion of offence. In our own native lion to be preceded by a truce: We beseech your majesty to direct some mode by Chap. XLI.} 1775. July. which the united applications of your faithful colonists to the throne, in pursuance of their co
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 42: (search)
ent of his coming, the com- Chap. XLII.} 1775. July. mander in chief took the hearts of all about hemy. From Prospect Hill he Chap. XLII.} 1775. July. took a comprehensive view of Boston and Charlek and file. But these were Chap. XLII.} 1775. July. the choicest troops, thoroughly trained, and ps of the Stockbridge tribe. Chap. XLII.} 1775. July. They were armed with bows and arrows, as well ores of the army, Washington Chap XLII.} 1775. July. made allowances for a devoted province like Maerson; yet, upon the whole, Chap. XLII.} 1775. July. God is in the midst of us. Meantime Lee hadntatives. Boston took part Chap. XLII.} 1775. July. in the elections; for the wanderers from that mpathy and contributions of Chap. XLII.} 1775. July. men; but none wished to share his confinement.lence, and its sustenance during May, June, and July cannot be accounted for by ordinary rules. Theers, and from every cellar, Chap. XLII.} 1775. July. and barn yard, and field throughout Worcester [2 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 43: (search)
congress, acting as a promiscu- Chap. XLIII.} 1775 July. ous executive, neither formed a carefully considereove all, of powder. Washington Chap. XLIII.} 1775. July. also called to mind, that he had not as yet been fummendations to the several gov- Chap. XLIII.} 1775. July. ernments of New England and New York; and no leave lin, who well knew that the re- Chap. XLIII.} 1775. July. quired concessions never would be made, the plan warica and Ireland also came nearer to each other. In July the merchants of Dublin applauded the earl of Effings fellow-subjects in America; in Chap. XLIII.} 1775 July. the same month congress sent to Ireland a pledgeof nsed John Adams, who maintained Chap. XLIII.} 1775. July. that the fifty or sixty men composing the congress,as made with fleets and armies; Chap. XLIII.} 1775. July. unjust, as it asked increased contributions withouteparate colony with the obliga- Chap. XLIII.} 1775. July. tion to provide for sinking its quota of the bills
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 45: (search)
Chapter 45: Condition of the central provinces. July—October, 1775. in the colonies which were not immediately involved Chap. XLV.} 1775. in the war, the officers of the crown should have shown self-possession and forbearance. Adopting this system, William Franklin, the governor of New Jersey, was ever on the alert to soothe, divide, or confuse the patriots, professed an equal regard for the rights of the people and the royal prerogatives, continued the usual sessions of the assembly, and where the authority of his office was diminished, confined himself to complaint, remonstrance or advice. But the self-organized popular government moved side by side with that of the king; the provincial congress which assembled in May, and again by adjournment in August, directed a general association, took cognizance of those who held back, assumed the regulation of the militia, apportioned a levy of ten thousand pounds, excused the Quakers from bearing arms, though not from contribu
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 46: (search)
Chapter 46: Georgia and the Carolinas. July—October, 1775. God grant conciliatory measures may take place; Chap. XLVI.} 1775. July. to Oct. there is not an hour to be lost; the state of as the frank to message sent to the ministry in July by the able Sir James Wright, of Georgia; and frecruiting officer, a crowd Chap. XLVI.} 1775. July to Oct. broke open the gaol and set the prisoneennent, to counteract. The Chap. XLVI.} 1775. July to Oct. opposing parties prepared for war; Fortto their king have lost all Chap. XLVI.} 1775. July to Oct. faith; improve a correspondence with ththe council of safety order Chap. XLVI.} 1775. July to Oct. ed William Moultrie, colonel of the secrom kindred whose sorrow at Chap. XLVI.} 1775. July to Oct. parting admitted no consolation. Thoseresistance; but having once Chap. XLVI.} 1775. July to Oct. chosen his part, he advocated the most nt eligible; that a further Chap. XLVI.} 1775. July to Oct. confederacy ought only to he adopted in[8 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 47: (search)
Chapter 47: Effect of Bunker bill battle in Europe. July 25—August, 1775. during the first weeks of July the king contem- Chap. XLVII.} 1775. July. plated America with complacency; assured that, in New York, his loyal subjects formed thJuly. plated America with complacency; assured that, in New York, his loyal subjects formed the majority, that in Virginia the rebels could be held in check by setting upon them savages and slaves. Ships were to be sent at once; and if they did not reduce the country, the soldiery would finish the work at the very worst in one more campaign.he raw American troops, and succeed. An hour before noon of the twenty fifth, tidings of the Bunker Chap. XLVII.} 1775. July. Hill battle reached the cabinet, and spread rapidly through the kingdom and through Europe. Two more such victories, saim up till the afternoon of the first of November. Three days after the arrival of the news of the Chap. XLVII.} 1775. July and Aug. Charlestown battle, Rochford, the secretary of state, called the attention of De Guines, the French ambassador, t
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 57: (search)
n years, it proved very far more onerous than any which England had ever before negotiated, affording a clear net profit to the landgrave on this item alone of five millions of our dollars. The taxes paid by the Hessians were sufficient to defray the pay rolls and all the expenses of the Hessian army: these taxes it had not been the custom to reduce; but on the present occasion, the landgrave, to give his faithful subjects proof of his paternal inclinations, most graciously suspended from July to the Chap. LVII.} time of the return of his troops, one half of the ordinary contribution to his military chest. The other half was rigorously exacted. It was stipulated that the British pay, which was higher than the Hessian, should be paid into the treasury of Hesse; and this afforded an opportunity for peculation in various ways. The pay rolls, after the first month, invariably included more persons than were in the service; with Brunswick, the price to be paid for the killed and w
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 66: (search)
berty. And the regiment plighting the word which they were to keep sacredly at the cost of many of their lives, answered: The colors shall be honorably supported, and shall never be tarnished. On the fourth of July, Rutledge came to visit the July. garrison. There stood Moultrie, there Motte, there Marion, there Peter Horry, there William Jasper, and all the survivors of the battle. Rutledge was happy in having insisted on holding possession of the fort; happy in the consciousness of his unwavering reliance on Moultrie; happy in the glory that gathered round the first days of the new-born commonwealth; Chap. LXVI.} 1776. July. and when, in the name of South Carolina, he returned thanks to the defenders, his burning words gushed forth with an eloquence that adequately expressed the impassioned gratitude of the people. To Jasper he offered a lieutenant's commission, which Jasper modestly declined, accepting only a sword. South Carolina, by her president and the common voice,
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 67: (search)
hed in water and exposed to the sun. Their only food was raw pork, and hard bread or unbaked flour. A physician, who was an eye-witness said: At the sight of so much privation and distress, I wept till I had no more power to weep. When, early in July, all the July. fragments of the army of Canada had reached Crown Point, the scene of distress produced a momentary despair. Every thing about them, their clothes, their blankets, the air, the very ground they trod on, was infected with the pestiJuly. fragments of the army of Canada had reached Crown Point, the scene of distress produced a momentary despair. Every thing about them, their clothes, their blankets, the air, the very ground they trod on, was infected with the pestilence. I did not look into a tent or a hut, says Trumbull, in which I did not find either a dead or dying man. Of about five thousand men, housed under tents, or rudely built sheds, or huts of brush, exposed to the damp air of the night, full half were invalids; more than thirty new graves were made every day. In a little more than two months the northern army lost by desertion and death more than five thousand men.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8, Chapter 68: (search)
ransformed itself into a temporary general assembly, and made choice by ballot of a governor and a privy council. For governor the choice fell on Patrick Henry; and on the first day of July, he, who had so lately been a subject of a king and had July. been surrounded by fellow-subjects, became the chief magistrate over his fellow-citizens of the commonwealth which, he said, had just formed a system of government, wisely calculated to secure equal liberty, and which did not shrink from bearing rnoon of the day on which Moultrie repelled the British squadron from Charleston, it concurred with Virginia on the subject of independence, a confederation, treaties with foreign powers, and the reservation of the internal government of each colony to its own people; and five days later, while the continental congress was still considering the form of its July. declaration of independence, it directed the election of a new convention to create a government by the authority of the people only.