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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 43: (search)
e Boston Narrative. On Saturday they prepared bludgeons; John Fisher's Deposition in Boston Narrative, 40; S. Adams in Boston Gazette of 31 Dec. 1770. and being resolved to brave the citizens on Monday night, S. Adams, in Boston Gazette, 24 Dec. 1770. they forewarned their particular acquaintance not to be abroad. Without duly restraining his men, Carr, the Lieutenant Colonel of the twenty-ninth, made complaint to the Lieutenant Governor of the insult they had received. Hutchinson's Hiet and Exchange Lane, left his post, and with his musket gave the boy a stroke on the head, which made him stagger and cry for pain. Boston Narrative, 23, Note Boy's Evidence, given on Preston's Trial; quoted by Vindex in Boston Gazette, of 24 Dec. 1770. The street soon became clear, Lieut. Col. Marshall, in Trial of the British Soldiers, 31. Boston Narrative, 77. and nobody troubled the sentry, when a party of soldiers issued violently Chap. XLIII.} 1770. March from the main guard
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 46: (search)
l and political privileges. To get money was the rule of conduct, which included his whole administrative policy. Dunmore did not remain in New-York long enough to weary the legislature into a spirited resist- Chap XLVI.} 1770. Dec. ance. Its members remained steadfast in their purpose to connect loyalty with their regard for American liberty. On a charge of contempt of their authority, they kept MacDougall MacDougall's Account, New s Gaol, Dec. 22, 2770, in New-York Gazette of 24 Dec. 1770, and in Boston Gazette, No. 822. in prison during their session; at the same time, adopting the nomination made by Schuyler a year before, Journals of N. Y. Assembly for 10 Geo. III. pp. 44, 51, and 59. they unanimously elected Edmund Burke, for whom his own country had no employment, their Agent in England, allowing for his services at the rate of five hundred pounds per annum. Journals 11 Geo. III. p. 18. This moderation might have persuaded the Ministry to conciliatory measur