Browsing named entities in George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition.. You can also browse the collection for December 6th or search for December 6th in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 38: (search)
particularly of Franklin. And Franklin, whom he described as one of the most upright and enlightened men that ever came from that part of the world, one of the wisest and most sagacious that could be found in any country, agreed in the exact correctness of the memoir which had been prepared under the eye of Choiseul. Du Chatelet to Choiseul, 18 Nov. 1768. Compare Franklin's Writings, VII. 357. The Agents had repeatedly but separately waited Dec. on Lord Hillsborough. On the sixth of December, he met them in a body, to communicate the result of a Cabinet Council. Administration, said he, will enforce the authority of the Legislature of Great Britain over the Colonies in the most effectual manner, but with moderation and lenity. W. S. Johnson to the Governor of Connecticut, 3 January, 1769. All the Petitions we have received are very offensive, for they contain a denial of the authority of Parliament. We have no fondness for the acts complained of; particularly, the late