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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 49: (search)
single-minded country people during the week, as they made hay or gathered in the early harvest; on Sundays, the ministers discoursed on them, and poured out their hearts in prayers for the preservation of their precious inheritance of liberty. We devote not only what little we have in the world, said the people of Pearsontown, but even our lives to vindicate rights so dearly purchased by our ancestors. Original Papers, 705. The town of Abington became convinced that the boasted connection with Great Britain was not worth a rush. Abington to Boston, 29 July, 1773. The natural right of mankind to improve the form of Government under which they live, Hutchinson to R. Jackson, 12 August, 1773. was inculcated even from the pulpit; and at the time when the Pope was abolishing the order of the Jesuits, some of the clergy of Boston predicted that in fifteen years, Hutchinson to Israel Mauduit, 23 August, 1773. the people of America would mould for themselves a new Constitution.