hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 4 4 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 1 1 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing). You can also browse the collection for February 11th, 1768 AD or search for February 11th, 1768 AD in all documents.

Your search returned 4 results in 4 document sections:

Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Circular letter (search)
Circular letter On Feb. 11, 1768, the General Court of Massachusetts sent a circular letter to all the American colonies, in which it asked them to cooperate with Massachusetts in obtaining redress of grievances. This letter was laid before the English cabinet, which resolved, 1. That the Massachusetts assembly should rescind the letter, and 2. That the other colonial legislatures before whom it had been laid should reject the letter. The legislature of Massachusetts by a vote of 92 to 17 refused to do the first, and the other legislatures refused to take the required action.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Farmer's letters, the (search)
Farmer's letters, the A series of letters, the first of which appeared in the Pennsylvania chronicle, Dec. 2, 1767, followed by thirteen others in quick succession, all of which were written by John Dickinson, who had formulated a bill of rights in the Stamp Act Congress. This series of letters resulted in the circular letter of the general court of Massachusetts, sent out Feb. 11, 1768, in which cooperation was asked in resistance to the English ministerial measures.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts, (search)
ful subjects to be called upon in a way that should appear to them to imply a distrust of their most ready and willing compliance. They closed by humbly asking the King to consider their situation and to afford them relief from the oppression of the Parliament. With this petition went to England letters of leading statesmen, urging the rights of the province. The General Court which met Dec. 30, 1767, having appointed a large committee to consider the state of the province, adopted (Feb. 11. 1768) a circular letter, which was addressed to the speakers of the various colonial assemblies, inviting co-operation and mutual consultation concerning the defence of colonial rights. This letter embodied the sentiments of the petition to the King above mentioned. It gave great offence to the ministry. When it reached them, Lord Hillsborough, secretary of the state for the colonies, sent instructions to the governor (Bernard) to call upon the Assembly to rescind the letter, and, in the e
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
ranklin meets Commons in committee of the whole, to consider petitions from America......Feb. 3, 1766 Repeal of the Stamp Act......March 18, 1766 [Repeal was carried in the Commons by a vote of 275 against 167, and in the House of Lords 105 against 71.] News of the repeal received at Boston......May 16, 1766 General Court of Massachusetts sends a circular letter to all the American colonies. This letter asks the colonies to cooperate in obtaining a redress of grievances......Feb. 11, 1768 Massachusetts House of Representatives consists of upwards of 100 members, by far the most numerous assembly in America......1768 Seizure of the sloop Liberty, belonging to John Hancock, on charge of smuggling, occasions a great riot......June 10, 1768 Arrival of a squadron of seven vessels from Halifax, with the 14th, 29th, and a part of the 59th regiments of British regulars. These troops, under the command of Gen. Thomas Gage, are landed in Boston......Sept. 28, 1768 Gove