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Bedford, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
rant, No. 483. This was succeeded by the cry of Liberty and Property, and three cheers; soon after which the people, than whom better men never walked in glory behind the plough, having done their work thoroughly, rode home to their several villages. There the Calvinist ministers nursed the flame of piety and the love of civil freedom. Of that venerable band, none did better service than the American-born Stephen Johnson, the sincere and fervid pastor of the first church of Lyme. Bute, Bedford, and Grenville, said he to the people, will be had in remembrance by Americans as an abomination, execration, and curse. As the result of all, these measures tend to a very fatal civil war; and France and Spain would make advantage of the crisis. If they chap. XVI.} 1765. Sept. are pursued, the dear patrimony of our fathers must pass to taskmasters here, or the men of ease and wealth in Great Britain, who have schemed them away for nought. This people cannot bear it till they have lost
Fort Hill (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
and no Stamps. Giving three huzzas of defiance, they next, in Kilby-street, demolished a frame which they thought Oliver was building for a Stamp-Office, and with the wooden trophies made a funeral pyre for his effigy in front of his house on Fort Hill. The Stamp Act shall not be executed here, ex- chap. XVI.} 1765. Aug. claimed one who spoke the general sentiment. Death to the man who offers a piece of stamped paper to sell! cried others. All the power of Great Britain, said a third,he would not serve as Stamp Officer, while Bernard, deserting his post as guardian of the public peace, hurried trembling to the castle, and could not recover from his fears, though immured within the walls of a fortress. At night,, bonfire on Fort Hill celebrated the people's victory Several hundred men were likewise gathered round the house of Hutchinson. Let us but hear from his own mouth, said their leader, that he is not in favor of the Stamp Act, and we will be easy. But Hutchinson eva
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
the previous night, Sharpe to Halifax, 15 Sept. a party of four or five hundred, at Annapolis, pulled down a house, which Zachariah Hood, the stamp master for Maryland, was repairing, to be occupied, it was believed, for the sale of the stamps; and, shaking with terror, yet not willing to part with the unpopular office, which hed from the colony to lodgings in the fort of New-York, as the only safe asylum. Petition of Z. Hood to Colden, 16 Sept. 1765. Golden to Conway, 23 Sept. The Maryland lawyers were of opinion, that the Stamp Tax must be declared invalid by the courts of Maryland, as a breach of chartered rights. One man published his card, refMaryland, as a breach of chartered rights. One man published his card, refusing to pay taxes to which he had not consented. All resolved to burn the stamp paper, on its arrival in Annapolis; and the Governor had no power to prevent it, or to suppress any insurrection that might happen. Sharpe to Gage 5 Sept. 1765. On the fifth, Bernard, at Boston, gave way, without dignity or courage. After the
West Indies (search for this): chapter 16
nd more before the news of the change of chap. XVI.} 1765. Aug. ministry was received in Boston, and while the passions of the public mind throughout the continent were still rising, Jared Ingersoll, of Connecticut, late agent for that province, now its stamp-master, arrived from England at Boston; and the names of the stamp distributors were published on the eighth of August. But Grenville's craftily devised policy of employing Americans failed from the beginning. It will be as in the West Indies, clamored the people; there the negro overseers are the most cruel. Had you not rather, said a friend of Ingersoll, these duties should be collected by your brethren than by foreigners? No, vile miscreant! indeed we had not, answered Dagget, Connecticut Gaz. 9 August. of New Haven. If your father must die, is there no defect in filial duty in becoming his executioner, that the hangman's part of the estate may be retained in the family? If the ruin of your country is decreed, are
Windham, Conn. (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
eveloped high capacity as a jurist and a statesman. They next, by public vote, earnestly desired Ingersoll to resign his stamp office immediately. The vote is needless, interposed a friend. I shall await, said Ingersoll, to see how the General Assembly is inclined. But the cautious people were anxious to save their representatives from a direct conflict with the British parliament; and already several hundreds of them, particularly three divisions from Norwich, from New London, and from Windham, and adjacent towns, had come out on horseback, with eight days provisions, chap. XVI.} 1765 Sept. resolved to scour the colony through, till their stamp officer should be unearthed and reckoned with. To save his house from the peril of an attack, Ingersoll rode out from New Haven, in company with the governor, intending to place himself under the protection of the legislature, which was to convene on Thursday. Meeting two men on horseback, with newly barked cudgels in their hands, Fi
Windham (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
dwelling-houses, and of a people that owned the soil and themselves held the plough, in the very heart of New England culture, where the old Puritan spirit, as it had existed among the Best in the days of Milton, had been preserved with the least admixture, the cavalcade halted, saying, We cannot all hear and see so well in a house; we had as good have the business done here; and they chap. XVI.} 1765. Sept. bade Ingersoll resign. Is it fair, said he, that the counties of New London and Windham should dictate to all the rest of the colony? It don't signify to parley, they answered; here are a great many people waiting, and you must resign. I wait, said he, to know the sense of the government. Besides, were I to resign, the governor has power to put in another. Here, said they, is the sense of the government; and no man shall exercise your office. What will follow if I won't resign? Your fate. I can die, said Ingersoll, and, perhaps, as well now as at any time; I can die but
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
eptember, a ship entered Boston, bringing news of the change of ministry, which created great joy, and the sanguine expectation of the speedy repeal of the Stamp Act. If Astraea were not fled, said Mayhew, there might be grounds for the hope; and the colonies, mingling doubt with confidence, persevered in the purpose of making parliament plainly see that the act would prove pernicious to Great Britain itself. George Meserve, Meserve to Conway, 31 July, 1766. the stamp distributor for New Hampshire, arriving in the same vessel, resigned his office before stepping on land; and afterwards, on his return to Portsmouth, repeated his resignation on the parade, in the presence of a great multitude. Connecticut, which from its compact population and wealth, was, in military resources, second only to Massachusetts, loved its charter, of which it dreaded to risk the forfeiture by involving its legislature. The people, therefore, systematically assumed the direction of opinion. Assured
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
throughout the continent were still rising, Jared Ingersoll, of Connecticut, late agent for that province, now its stamp-master, arrived frors? No, vile miscreant! indeed we had not, answered Dagget, Connecticut Gaz. 9 August. of New Haven. If your father must die, is there cipating tragical events in some of the colonies. The people of Connecticut, reported one whose name is not given, have threatened to hang tignation on the parade, in the presence of a great multitude. Connecticut, which from its compact population and wealth, was, in military rd through the alluvial farms that grace the banks of the lovely Connecticut, till they came into Wethersfield. There in the broad main streer, 1765. Ingersoll, in his account, is careful to name no one. Connecticut Courant, 27 Sept, 1765. with their white cudgels in their hands,e did so, within the hearing and presence of the Legislature. Connecticut Courant, No. 483. This was succeeded by the cry of Liberty and P
France (France) (search for this): chapter 16
thoroughly, rode home to their several villages. There the Calvinist ministers nursed the flame of piety and the love of civil freedom. Of that venerable band, none did better service than the American-born Stephen Johnson, the sincere and fervid pastor of the first church of Lyme. Bute, Bedford, and Grenville, said he to the people, will be had in remembrance by Americans as an abomination, execration, and curse. As the result of all, these measures tend to a very fatal civil war; and France and Spain would make advantage of the crisis. If they chap. XVI.} 1765. Sept. are pursued, the dear patrimony of our fathers must pass to taskmasters here, or the men of ease and wealth in Great Britain, who have schemed them away for nought. This people cannot bear it till they have lost the memory of their dear fathers, and their affection to their posterity. The Americans will call to mind revolution principles, such as, where there is a right there is a remedy. Their uneasiness is
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 16
, desirous of changing his ministry, had sent for William Pitt; and the crowd that kindled the bonfire in King-street on the birthday of the Prince of Wales, rent the air with God bless our true British king! Heaven preserve the Prince of Wales! Pitt and liberty for ever! And high and low, rich and poor, joined in the chorus, Pitt and liberty! The daybreak of Wednesday, the fourteenth of chap. XVI.} 1765. Aug. August, saw the effigy of Oliver tricked out with emblems of Bute and GrenvillePitt and liberty! The daybreak of Wednesday, the fourteenth of chap. XVI.} 1765. Aug. August, saw the effigy of Oliver tricked out with emblems of Bute and Grenville, swinging on the bough of a stately elm, the pride of the neighborhood, known as the Great Tree, standing near what was then the entrance to the town. The pageant had been secretly prepared by Boston mechanics, Gordon, i. 175. J. Adams, II. 178. true born Sons of liberty, Benjamin Edes, the printer, Thomas Crafts, the painter; John Smith and Stephen Cleverly, the braziers; and the younger Avery; Thomas Chase, a fiery hater of kings; Affidavit of R. Silvester. Henry Bass, and Henry Welles
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