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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 3 3 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 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
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 51: (search)
Chapter 51: The King in Council Insults the Great American plebeian. December, 1773—February, 1774. The just man covered with the opprobrium of Chap. LI.} 1773. Dec. crime and meriting all the honors of virtue, is the sublimest spectacle that can appear on earth. Against Franklin were arrayed the Court, the Ministry, the Parliament, and an all-pervading social influence; but he only assumed a firmer demeanor and a loftier tone. On delivering to Lord Dartmouth the Address to the Kg, besides the newspaper reports of the day, the accounts by witnesses are: The pamphlet of Mauduit and Wedderburn; Franklin's Report as Agent to his Constituents; Account left by Franklin; Edmund Burke as Agent of New-York to his Constituents, Feb. 1774; Same to Rockingham; Same to Charles Lee; Dartmouth to Hutchinson; Arthur Lee to Samuel Adams, 31 January, 1774; Letter of Priestly, 10 Nov. 1802; Observations of Edward Bancroft. could scarcely be heard; and that of Lee produced no impression.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 52: (search)
ost stretch of imagination fancy of the state of this country at an equally future period, can exceed what it will then be. A commerce will and must arise, independent of every thing external, and superior to any thing ever known in Europe, or of which a European can have an adequate idea. Thus the statesmen of Connecticut pleased themselves with pictures of the happiness of their posterity; and themselves enjoyed a vivid vision of the glory of this New World. From letters written in February, 1774. Already the commerce of Philadelphia and New-York had outgrown the laws of trade; and the Revenue officers in those places, weary of attempts to enforce them, received what duties were paid almost as a favor. Nor was the spirit of independence confined to the western woodsmen; the New England people who dwelt on each side of the Green Mountains, Chap LII.} 1774. Feb. resisted the jurisdiction which the Royal Government of New-York would have enforced even at the risk of bloodshed;