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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
urchasers were compelled to redeem them, or menaced with eviction. This decision was based upon the belief of the superior loyalty of New-York; and yet at that moment the spirit of resistance was nowhere so strong. History, it was said, does not furnish an instance of a revolt begun by the people which did not take its rise from oppression. Nothing but this, sensibly felt, can unite the several governments in such a design; and without union they can do nothing. Boston Gazette of 10 Sept. 1764, from New York Mercury of 27 Aug. 1764. But the passions of New-York were too vehement to wait for concert. Its assembly contained merchants, and owners of large tracts of land, and common farmers, which last, wrote the lieutenant governor, are men easily deluded and led astray with popular amusements of liberty and privileges. Lieut.-Gov. Colden to the Board of Trade, 20 Sept. 1764. On coming together in September, their address Address of the General Assembly of New-York to