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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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the Autobiography of the Duke of Grafton, compare the speeches of the Duke of Grafton and of Weymouth in the House of Lords, 5 March, 1776; in Force VI. 312. Now, indeed, the die was cast. Neither the Bedford party, nor the King meant to give up the right to tax; and they clung to the duty on tea, as an evidence of their lordly superiority. We can grant nothing to the Americans, said Hillsborough, except what they may ask with a halter round their necks. Du Chatelet to Choiseul, 12 May, 1769. They are a race of convicts, said the famous moralist, the pensioned Samuel Johnson, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging. Boswell's Life of Johnson, 435. A Circular letter was sent forthwith to all the Colonies, promising on the part of the Ministry to lay no more taxes on America for revenue, and to repeal those on paper, glass, and colors. Camden found fault with the paper as not couched in terms so conciliatory as those in the minute of the Cabine