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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 11: (search)
thirteenth was introduced by Grenville himself, and read the first time without a syllable of debate. Journals of the House of Commons. Letter to New-York of 16 Feb. 1765, in Boston Gazette of 3 June, 1765. Among the papers that were to be stamped, it contained an enumeration of the several instruments of ecclesiastical law used in the courts of episcopal jurisdiction; for Grenville reasoned, that one day such courts might be established in America. F. Maseres, 25, 26. On the fifteenth of February, merchants trading to Jamaica presented a petition against it, and prayed to be heard by counsel. No counsellor chap. XI.} 1765. Feb. of this kingdom, said Fuller, formerly chief justice of Jamaica, would come to the bar of this house, and question its authority to tax America. Were he to do so, he would not remain there long. It was the rule of the house to receive no petition against a money bill; and the petition was withdrawn. Jared Ingersoll's Letters on the Stamp Act, 1
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 24: (search)
d to a division, and the bill itself was passed, with its two clauses, the one affirming the authority of parliament over America, in all cases whatsoever; and the other declaring the opposite resolutions of the American Assemblies to be null and chap. XXIV} 1766. Mar. void. The bill for the repeal of the Stamp Act, was read a second time upon Tuesday, the eleventh of March. Chatham Corr. II., 384, note. The date of every one of the letters of W. G. Hamilton is wrongly given. For 15 Feb., read 8 March; for 17 Feb., read 10 March; for 19 Feb., read 12 March, &c., & c. How could these dates have been so changed? The House of Lords was so full on the occasion, that strangers were not admitted. Ten peers spoke against the repeal, and the lords sat between eleven and twelve hours, which was later than ever was remembered. Once more Mansfield and Camden exerted all their powers on opposite sides; while Temple indulged in personalities, aimed at Camden. The submission of th