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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 49: (search)
isting that no difficulty could arise, that under the new regulation America would be able to buy tea from the Company at a lower price than from any other European Nation, and that men will always go to the cheapest market. Charles Garth to the Committee of Correspondence of South Carolina, London, 4 May, 1773. The Ministry was still in its halcyon days; no opposition was made even by the Whigs; and the mea- May. sure which was the King's own, B. Franklin to William Franklin, 14 July, 1773; Compare Anecdotes of Chatham, II. 240, 241, 242. and was designed to put America to the test, took effect as a law from the tenth day of May. 13 Geo. III. Chap. XLIV. It was immediately followed by a most carefully prepared answer from the King to Petitions from Massachusetts, announcing that he considered his authority to make laws in Parliament of sufficient force and validity to bind his subjects in America in all cases whatsoever, as essential to the dignity of the Crown, and a
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 50: (search)
ssary license. They were warned by Americans, that their adventure Lee to S. Adams, 22 Dec. 1773. would end in loss, and some difficulties occurred in details; but the scruples of the Company were overruled by Lord North, who answered peremptorily, It is to no purpose making objections, for the King will have it so. The King means to try the question with America. Almon's Anecdotes and Speeches of the Earl of Chatham, ch. XLI. Compare also B. Franklin to his Son William Franklin, 14 July, 1773; Franklin's Writings, VIII. 75. The time was short; the danger to Boston immi- Sept. nent; resistance at all hazards was the purpose of its Committee of Correspondence; violent resistance might become necessary; and to undertake it without a certainty of union would only bring ruin on the town and on the cause. A Congress, therefore, on the plan of union pro- Chap. L.} 1773. Sept. posed by Virginia, was the fixed purpose of Samuel Adams. He would have no delay; no waiting for i