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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 1 1 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 27: (search)
against the Navigation Act, and to be congratulated on the accession to power of his patron, Charles Townshend. In Parliament a spirit was rising very different from that which had prevailed in the previous winter. So long as I am in office, said Townshend on the floor of the House, the authority Chap XXVII.} 1766. Dec. of the laws shall not be trampled upon. I think it the highest injury to the nation to suffer Acts of the British Parliament to be broken with impunity. R. Nugent, 13 Dec. 1766, to a Gentleman in Boston, printed in Boston Gazette, 2 March, 1767; Diary of Oakes Angier. He did not fear to flatter the prejudices of the King, and court the favor of Grenville and Bedford; for he saw that Chatham, who had declared to all the world, that his great point was to destroy faction, was incurring the hatred of every branch of the aristocracy. Lord Barrington to Sir Andrew Mitchell, 14 Dec. 1766. Eight or nine Chesterfield to Stanhope, 9 Dec. 1766. Whigs resigned their