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Rockingham, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
Chapter 34: Does Massachusetts rescind?—Hillsborough's Colonial Administration continued. June—July, 1768. some weeks would elapse before these orders Chap. XXXIV.} 1768. June. would become known in the Colony. Meantime, the Commissioners of the Customs assumed more and more airs of haughtiness, with the strangest superciliousness Governor Wentworth of New Hampshire to the Marquis of Rockingham, November 13, 1768; in Albemarle's Rockingham, ii. 88. More obstructions have arisen to the service in this country, from the servants of Government, than from any other cause. At first the strangest superciliousness and publicly expressed hatred to the country, excited disrespect and apprehensions against them. Compare Mr. John Temple to Mr. Grenville, Boston, New England, November 7, 1768, in Grenville Papers, IV. 396, 397. I am perfectly of opinion with General Gage, that the King's cause has been more hurt in this country by some of his own servants, than by all the worl
New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
ey knew that the Ministry was bent on humbling them. The continent was watching to see if they dared be firm. They were consoled by the sympathy of Connecticut, Connecticut Speaker to Massachusetts, 11 June, 1768; Prior Documents, 216. and New Jersey. New Jersey Speaker to Massachusetts, 9 May, 1768. Governor W. Franklin to Hillsborough, 11 July, 1768. But when the letter from Virginia Peyton Randolph, the Speaker of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, to the Massachusetts Speaker, PrNew Jersey Speaker to Massachusetts, 9 May, 1768. Governor W. Franklin to Hillsborough, 11 July, 1768. But when the letter from Virginia Peyton Randolph, the Speaker of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, to the Massachusetts Speaker, Prior Documents, 213. Bradford's History of Massachusetts, i. 145. The passage quoted is in Bradford but not in Prior Documents. was received, it gave courage more than all the rest. This is a glorious day, said Samuel Adams, using words which, seven Chap. XXXIV.} 1768. June. years later, he was to repeat. This is the most glorious day ever seen, responded his friend, Samuel Cooper. The merchants of Boston met, and successfully renewed the agreement not to import from England. Letter fr
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 11
To the Lords of ,the Treasury they reported a long concerted and extensive plan of resistance to the authority of Great Britain, breaking out in acts of violence sooner than was intended; and they gave their opinion that nothing but the immediatters very much to his management; Franklin's Writings, IV. 527. The Rise and Progress of the Differences between Great Britain and her American Colonies. and he took his opin- Chap. XXXIV.} 1768. July. ions from Bernard. That favorite Governo and the Petition of the Council to the King. If it should appear to your majesty, that it is not for the benefit of Great Britain and her colonies (over which your paternal care is conspicuous), that any revenue should be drawn from the colonies, lsborough, 15 April, 1769. And Bowdoin did not know of the secret second part of Bernard's Letter of July, 1768. Great Britain at that time had a colonial Secretary who encouraged this duplicity, and wrote an Chap. XXXIV.} 1768. July. answer
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
lature. They knew that the Ministry was bent on humbling them. The continent was watching to see if they dared be firm. They were consoled by the sympathy of Connecticut, Connecticut Speaker to Massachusetts, 11 June, 1768; Prior Documents, 216. and New Jersey. New Jersey Speaker to Massachusetts, 9 May, 1768. Governor W. Connecticut Speaker to Massachusetts, 11 June, 1768; Prior Documents, 216. and New Jersey. New Jersey Speaker to Massachusetts, 9 May, 1768. Governor W. Franklin to Hillsborough, 11 July, 1768. But when the letter from Virginia Peyton Randolph, the Speaker of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, to the Massachusetts Speaker, Prior Documents, 213. Bradford's History of Massachusetts, i. 145. The passage quoted is in Bradford but not in Prior Documents. was received, it gave court rending of the Colonies from the mother country. No Assembly on the Continent, said Roger Sherman Quoted in W. S. Johnson to R. Sherman, 28 Sept. 1768. of Connecticut, will ever concede that Parliament has a right to tax the Colonies. The Parliament of England has no more jurisdiction over us, declared the politicians of tha
Haverhill (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
dared be firm. They were consoled by the sympathy of Connecticut, Connecticut Speaker to Massachusetts, 11 June, 1768; Prior Documents, 216. and New Jersey. New Jersey Speaker to Massachusetts, 9 May, 1768. Governor W. Franklin to Hillsborough, 11 July, 1768. But when the letter from Virginia Peyton Randolph, the Speaker of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, to the Massachusetts Speaker, Prior Documents, 213. Bradford's History of Massachusetts, i. 145. The passage quoted is in Bradford but not in Prior Documents. was received, it gave courage more than all the rest. This is a glorious day, said Samuel Adams, using words which, seven Chap. XXXIV.} 1768. June. years later, he was to repeat. This is the most glorious day ever seen, responded his friend, Samuel Cooper. The merchants of Boston met, and successfully renewed the agreement not to import from England. Letter from Hutchinson to Bollas, 14 July, 1768. The House, employing the pen of Samuel Adams Elio
France (France) (search for this): chapter 11
two hours. The King, said he, appoints none but boys for his Ministers. They have no education but travelling through France, from whence they return full of the slavish principles of that country. They know nothing of business when they come inIt is the true interest of the Colonies to secure for ever their entire liberty, and establish their direct commerce with France and with the world. The great point will be to secure their neutrality, which will necessarily bring on a treaty of alliance with France and Spain. They may want Chap. XXXIV.} 1768. July. confidence in the strength of our navy; they may raise suspicions of our fidelity to our engagements; they may fear the English squadrons; they may hope for success against the Spon. While time and humanity, the principles of English liberty, the impulse of European Philosophy, and the policy of France were all assisting to emancipate America, the British colonial Administration, which was to place itself as a barrier aga
Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): chapter 11
ament has a right to tax the Colonies. The Parliament of England has no more jurisdiction over us, declared the politicians of that Colony, than the Parliament of Paris. B. Gale quoted in W. S. Johnson to B. Gale. We cannot believe, wrote William Williams W. Williams to . S. Johnson, Lebanon, Connecticut, 5 July, 1768. of Leby the guiding truths which it developes as it advances? While New England was drawing from the Bible proof of the nearness of the overthrow of tyranny, Turgot at Paris, explained to David Hume the perfectibility and onward movement of the race. Turgot to Hume, Paris, 3 July, 1768, in Burton's Hume, III. 163, 164. The British GParis, 3 July, 1768, in Burton's Hume, III. 163, 164. The British Government, said he, is very far from being an enlightened one. As yet Chap. XXXIV.} 1768. July. none is thoroughly so. But tyranny combined with superstition, vainly strives to stifle light and liberty by methods alike atrocious and useless; the world will be conducted through transient disorders to a happier condition. In th
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
s to . S. Johnson, Lebanon, Connecticut, 5 July, 1768. of Lebanon, that they will draw the sword on their own children; but if they do, our blood is more at their service than Chap. XXXIV.} 1768. July. our liberties. In New-York, the merchants still held those meetings, which Hillsborough called, if not illegal and unwarrantable, very unnatural, ungrateful, and unbecoming. The circumstances of the Colonies demand firmer union, John Erving to Ezra Stiles, 1 July, 1768. said men of Pennsylvania. The Colonies, wrote Chandler, Thomas B. Chandler to the Rev. D. Johnson, 7 July, 1768. the churchman, will soon experience worse things than in the time of the late Stamp Act, or I am no prophet. The Assembly of Maryland treated Lord Hillsborough's letter with the contempt he had ordered them to show for the Circular of Massachusetts. We shall not be intimidated by a few sounding expressions from doing what we think is right, said they in their formal reply; Maryland House of Dele
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
treated Lord Hillsborough's letter with the contempt he had ordered them to show for the Circular of Massachusetts. We shall not be intimidated by a few sounding expressions from doing what we think is right, said they in their formal reply; Maryland House of Delegates to Gov. Sharpe. and they sent their thanks to Massachusetts, their sister Colony, in whose opinion they declared they exactly coincided. Maryland to Massachusetts, 23 June, 1768; received early in July, Prior Documents, 219Maryland to Massachusetts, 23 June, 1768; received early in July, Prior Documents, 219. As for South Carolina, they could not enough praise the glorious ninety-two who would not rescind; toasting them at banquets, and marching by night through the streets of Charleston, in processions to their honor by the blaze of two and ninety torches. English statesmen were blindly adopting measures to carry out their restrictive policy; Thomas Bradshaw to John Pownall, 8 July, 1768. Circular of Hillsborough, of 11 July, 1768. establishing in America Courts of Vice Admiralty at Halifax
Massachusetts Bay (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 11
ement; Franklin's Writings, IV. 527. The Rise and Progress of the Differences between Great Britain and her American Colonies. and he took his opin- Chap. XXXIV.} 1768. July. ions from Bernard. That favorite Governor was now promising the Council of Massachusetts, that if they would omit to discuss the question of the power of Parliament, he would support their Petition for relief. The Council followed the advice, See Proceedings of the Governor and Council of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, for June 30, 1768, July 7, 1768, and the Petition of the Council to the King. If it should appear to your majesty, that it is not for the benefit of Great Britain and her colonies (over which your paternal care is conspicuous), that any revenue should be drawn from the colonies, we humbly implore your majesty's gracious recommendation to Parliament, that your American subjects may be relieved from the operation of the several Acts made for that purpose, &c. &c. See Appendix to Letter
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