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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)
her receive petitions nor hear chap. XI.} 1765. Feb. counsel. . All the efforts of the agents of the colonies were fruitless. Within doors less resistance was made to the act than to a common turnpike bill. Letter to New-York, 16 Feb. 765, in Boston Gazette of 3 June. We might, said Franklin, as well have hindered the sun's setting. The tide against the Americans was irresistible. We have power to tax them, said one of the ministry, and we will tax them. Letter from London, of Oct. 1765, quoted in R. H. Lee's of 2 Feb. 1766. The nation was provoked by American claims of independence (of parliament), and all parties joined in resolving by this act to settle the point. Franklin to Charles Thompson, Ms. On the twenty-seventh of February, the Stamp Act passed the House of Commons. Rockingham had freely expressed his opinion at Sir George Saville's as to the manner in which the colonies could best resist it. Letter from London, by William Bollan. In public he was si
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
Liberty and Property, Liberty and Property, Liberty and Property; on which the multitude gave three loud huzzas. After dinner, a cavalcade, which by this time had increased to the number of near one thousand men, escorted him along the road, studded with farm houses, from Wethersfield into Hartford, and dismounted within twenty yards of the house where the Assembly was sitting. The main body, led by Durkee, The name is Durgie in my copy of Hutchinson's Letter to Governor Pownall, October, 1765. Ingersoll, in his account, is careful to name no one. Connecticut Courant, 27 Sept, 1765. with their white cudgels in their hands, marched in ranks, four abreast, to the sound of trumpets, round the court-house, and formed into a semicircle. Ingersoll was then directed to read the paper which he had signed, and he did so, within the hearing and presence of the Legislature. Connecticut Courant, No. 483. This was succeeded by the cry of Liberty and Property, and three cheers; soon af
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 18: (search)
Chapter 18: The colonies meet in Congress.—Rockingham Adminis-Tration. October, 1765. The cry was the harbinger of an American Congress. chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. The delegates of South Carolina, the fearless Gadsden, who never practised disguise, the upright, able, and eloquent Rutledge; Lynch, who combined good sense, patriotism, and honesty, with fiery energy, conciseness of speech, and dignity of manner, arrived first at its place of meeting. A little delay in its organization gave time for the representatives of New Jersey, where the lawyers were resolved to forego all business rather than purchase a stamp, to imitate the example of Delaware. Such a Congress, said Colden to the delegates from Massachusetts, is unconstitutional and unlawful; and I shall give them no countenance. While they were waiting, on the third day of October, the last stamp officer north of the Potomac, the stubborn John Hughes, a quaker of Philadelphia, as he lay desperately ill, heard muff