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New Jersey (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
cation from his own premises, in a manner that could bring censure on no one but himself. During this controversy a Commission composed of Admiral Montagu, the Vice-Admiralty Judge at Boston, the Chief Justices of Massachusetts, New-York and New Jersey, and the Governor of Rhode Island, met at Newport to inquire into the affair of the Gaspee. Deputy Governor Sessions and Stephen Hopkins, formerly Governor, now Chief Justice, were Chap. XLIX.} 1773. Jan. the two pillars on which Rhode Islaned. The attempt would have produced a crisis. Sessions, Hopkins, Cole and Brown, to S. Adams, Providence, 15 Feb. 1773. The Commissioners elicited nothing and adjourned with bitterness in their hearts. Smyth, the Chief Feb. Justice of New Jersey, who had just been put on the civil list, threw all blame on the popular Government of Rhode Island. Smyth to Dartmouth, 8 Feb. 1773. Horsmanden advised to take away the Charter of that Province, and of Connecticut also; and consolidate the
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
Cambridge by the hand of Thomas Gardner, when our rights and liberties shall be restored unto us, or the Colonies, united as one man, will make their most solemn appeal to Heaven, and drive tyranny from these northern climes. Committee of Correspondence of Cambridge, to Committee of Boston; in the handwriting of Thos. Gardner. Original Papers in my possession. The Colonies must assert their liberties whenever Chap. XLIX.} 1773. April. the opportunity offers; wrote Dickinson from Pennsylvania. John Dickinson to Samuel Adams, Fairhill, 10 April, 1773. The opportunity was nearer than he thought; in England Chatham saw plainly, that things were hastening to a crisis at Boston, and looked forward to the issue with very painful anxiety. Chatham to T. Hollis, 18 April, 1773. It was the King who precipitated the conflict. He had no dread of the interposition of France, for that power, under the Ministry of the day, feared lest the enfranchisement of the Anglo-American Colonies
Rhode Island (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
s of Massachusetts, New-York and New Jersey, and the Governor of Rhode Island, met at Newport to inquire into the affair of the Gaspee. Deput Justice, were Chap. XLIX.} 1773. Jan. the two pillars on which Rhode Island Liberty depended. They notified the Commissioners that there ha on the civil list, threw all blame on the popular Government of Rhode Island. Smyth to Dartmouth, 8 Feb. 1773. Horsmanden advised to take rly and quietly governed people in the world; and the Charter of Rhode Island, in spite of all its enemies, had vitality enough to outlast thed reached them of the Commission for inquiry into the affairs of Rhode Island. They had read and approved of the answers which the Council an Gates, 6 May, 1773. Glorious Virginia, cried the Legislature of Rhode Island, glowing with admiration for its patriotic and illustrious Housefisheries; had urged the immediate suppression of the Charter of Rhode Island; had for years been begging for measures to maintain the suprema
Patrick Henry (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
atesman of brilliant genius as well as of fervid patriotism, moved a series of resolutions for a system of intercolonial Committees of Correspondence. His plan included Chap. XLIX.} 1773. March a thorough union of Councils throughout the Continent. If it should succeed and be adopted by the other Colonies, America would stand before the world as a Confederacy. The measure was supported by Richard Henry Lee, with an eloquence which ever passed away from the memory of his hearers; by Patrick Henry with a still more commanding majesty. Letter in Wirt's Life of Henry, 104. The Assembly was of one mind; and no person appropriated to himself praise beyond the rest. They did what greatness of mind counselled; and they did it quietly, as if it were but natural to them to act with magnanimity. On Friday the twelfth of March, the Resolutions were reported to the House, and unanimously adopted. They appointed their Committee on which appear the names of Bland and Lee, of Henry, and C
South Hadley (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
wn easy, voted Shirley, until Franklin to T. Gushing, 9 March, 1773;--viii. 35. our rights and liberties are restored. Shirley to Boston Com. 11 Jan. 1773. The people of Chap. XLIX.} 1773. Jan. Medfield would also have a final period put to that most cruel, inhuman and unchristian practice, the Jan. Slave-trade. Proceedings of the town of Newfield, 28 Dec. 1772, and 11 January, 1773; Original Papers, 602. Acton spoke out concisely and firmly. Prohibiting slitting-mills, said South Hadley, is similar to the Philistines prohibiting smiths in Israel, and shews we are esteemed by our brethren as vassals. We think ourselves obliged to emerge from our former obscurity, and speak our minds with freedom, declared Lunenburg, or our posterity may otherwise rise up and curse us. We of this place are unanimous, was the message from Pepperell; our resentment riseth against those who dare invade our natural and constitutional rights. With one voice they named Captain William Prescot
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 26
sland, glowing with admiration for its patriotic and illustrious House of Burgesses; and this New England Province was the first to follow the example of the Old Dominion, by electing its Committees f Correspondence, fifteen in number. New Hampshire and Connecticut did the same, so that all New England and Virginia were now one political body, with an organization inchoate, yet so perfect, thate Constitution, the elective character of the Council, the annual choice of the Assembly, the New England organization of the towns; had advised and solicited the total dependence of the judiciary onithout the esteem of one's fellow-men! Chap. XLIX.} 1773. June. Had he been but honest, how New England would have cherished his memory! Now his gray hairs, which should ever be kept purer than thoduced to the House copies of the letters, which were then published and scattered throughout New England and the Continent. A series of Resolves was adopted, expressing their true intent, and was f
Connecticut (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
ew all blame on the popular Government of Rhode Island. Smyth to Dartmouth, 8 Feb. 1773. Horsmanden advised to take away the Charter of that Province, and of Connecticut also; and consolidate the twins in one royal Government. Chief Justice Horsmanden of New-York, to Lord Dartmouth, 20 February, 1773. Yet Connecticut, the CConnecticut, the Chap. XLIX.} 1773. Feb. land of steady habits, was, at that day, the most orderly and quietly governed people in the world; and the Charter of Rhode Island, in spite of all its enemies, had vitality enough to outlast the unreformed House of Commons. The bold doctrines of Massachusetts, gained ground, and extended to other Colonieand its hearty concurrence in their judicious and spirited Resolves. And then it elected its Committee of Correspondence, fifteen in number. New Hampshire and Connecticut did the same, so that all New England and Virginia were now one political body, with an organization inchoate, yet so perfect, that, on the first emergency, the
North America (search for this): chapter 26
the thought of obtaining obedience by argument and persuasion. Dartmouth to Hutchinson, 10 April, 1773. The most thorough search was made into every Colonial law that checked or even seemed to check the Slave-trade; and an Act of Virginia, which put no more obstructions upon it, than had existed for a generation, was negatived. Dartmouth to Dunmore, No. 2, 10 April, 1773; Dunmore to Dartmouth, 9 July, 1773. Parliamentary taxation was also to be enforced. The continued refusal of North America to receive tea from England, had brought distress upon the East India Company, which had on hand wanting a Chap. XLIX.} 1773. April. market great quantities imported in the faith that that agreement could not hold. They were able to pay neither their dividends, nor their debts; their stock depreciated nearly one half; and the Government must lose their annual payment of four hundred thousand pounds. The bankruptcies, brought on partly by this means, gave such a shock to credit, as ha
Newfield (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
3. Original Papers, 455. We offer our lives as a sacrifice in the glorious cause of Liberty; was the response of Kittery. We will not sit down easy, voted Shirley, until Franklin to T. Gushing, 9 March, 1773;--viii. 35. our rights and liberties are restored. Shirley to Boston Com. 11 Jan. 1773. The people of Chap. XLIX.} 1773. Jan. Medfield would also have a final period put to that most cruel, inhuman and unchristian practice, the Jan. Slave-trade. Proceedings of the town of Newfield, 28 Dec. 1772, and 11 January, 1773; Original Papers, 602. Acton spoke out concisely and firmly. Prohibiting slitting-mills, said South Hadley, is similar to the Philistines prohibiting smiths in Israel, and shews we are esteemed by our brethren as vassals. We think ourselves obliged to emerge from our former obscurity, and speak our minds with freedom, declared Lunenburg, or our posterity may otherwise rise up and curse us. We of this place are unanimous, was the message from Pepperell;
Gorham (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 26
so early ar ived at the total denial of that power. For nine years he had been seeking an opportunity of promulgating that denial as the opinion of the Assembly; and caution had always stood in his way. At last the opportunity had come, and the Assembly with one consent, placed the pen in his hand. Meantime, the towns of Massachusetts were still vibrating from the impulse given by Boston. The swords which we whet and brightened for our enemies are not yet grown rusty, wrote the town of Gorham. Original Papers, 377, 7 Jan. 1773. Original Papers, 455. We offer our lives as a sacrifice in the glorious cause of Liberty; was the response of Kittery. We will not sit down easy, voted Shirley, until Franklin to T. Gushing, 9 March, 1773;--viii. 35. our rights and liberties are restored. Shirley to Boston Com. 11 Jan. 1773. The people of Chap. XLIX.} 1773. Jan. Medfield would also have a final period put to that most cruel, inhuman and unchristian practice, the Jan. Slave-t
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