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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Congress, Continental (search)
e: Name.Where From.When Elected. Peyton RandolphVirginiaSept. 5, 1774. Henry MiddletonSouth CarolinaOct. 2, 1774. Peyton RandolphVirginiaMay 10, 1775. John HancockMassachusettsMay 24, 1775. Henry LaurensSouth CarolinaNov. 1, 1777. John JayNew YorkDec. 10, 1778. Samuel HuntingtonConnecticutSept. 28, 1779. Thomas McKeanDelawareJuly 10, 1781. John HansonMarylandNov. 5, 1781. Elias BoudinotNew JerseyNov. 4, 1782. Thomas MifflinPennsylvaniaNov. 3, 1783. Richard Henry LeeVirginiaNov. 30, 1784. Nathan GorhamMassachusettsJune 6, 1786. Arthur St. ClairPennsylvaniaFeb. 2, 1787. Cyrus GriffinVirginiaJan. 22, 1788. The colonists had been compelled to take up arms in self-defence. To justify this act, Congress agreed to a manifesto (July 6, 1775), in which they set forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms. After a temperate but spirited preamble, presenting an historical view of the origin, progress, and conduct of the colonies, and of the measures of the Briti
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ion......June 3, 1784 General Assembly of North Carolina cedes her western lands to the United States on condition of acceptance within two years, April, 1784, but repeals the act......Oct. 22, 1784 Washington makes a tour of the western country to ascertain by what means it could be most effectually bound to the Union......1784 Tenth Continental Congress meets at Trenton, N. J.......Nov. 1, 1784 Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia, chosen president of Continental Congress......Nov. 30, 1784 Tenth Continental Congress adjourns; fifty-four days session......Dec. 24, 1784 Eleventh Continental Congress meets at New York......Jan. 11, 1785 [Richard H. Lee, president.] Gen. Henry Knox appointed Secretary of War with added duties of Secretary of Navy......March 8, 1785 Franklin, minister to France, obtains leave to return; Jefferson is appointed......March 10, 1785 Dispute between the United States and Spain on navigation of the Mississippi River and the bound
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 11: (search)
ority of parliament think they ought not to set these bounds, then they should give a share of the election of the legislature to the American colonies, otherwise the liberties of America, I do not say will be lost, but will be in danger; and they cannot be injured without danger to the liberties of Great Britain. R. Jackson's Letter of 7 June, 1765, in Connecticut Gazette, of 9 Aug. 1765. Knox's Extra-official State Papers, II. 31. R. Jackson to William Johnson, 5 April, 1774, and 30 November, 1784. Thus calmly reasoned Jackson. Grenville urged chap. XI.} 1765. Feb. the house not to suffer themselves to be moved by resentment. One member, however, referred with asperity to the votes of New-York and Massachusetts, and the house generally seemed to hold that America was as virtually represented in parliament as the great majority of the inhabitants of Great Britain. Isaac Barre, the companion and friend of Wolfe, sharer of the dangers and glories of Louisburg and Quebec,
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 29: (search)
; the national exchequer was to receive no more than the crumbs that fell from his table. Hartley's Letters on the American War, 59. The proposition bore on its face the mark of owing its parentage to the holders and patrons of American offices; Compare De Kalb to Choiseul, 16 Oct. 1768; and Franklin, IV. 388. and yet it was received in the House with general favor. Richard Jackson was not regarded, when he spoke Richard Jackson to W. S. Johnson, 5 April, 1774; and Same to Same, 30 Nov. 1784. against the duties themselves, and foretold the mischiefs that would ensue. Grenville who must have shed tears of spite, if he Chap. XXIX.} 1767. May. could not have croaked out a presage of evil, Burke's Works, i. 255. Am. ed. heard with malignant joy one of the repealers of his Stamp Act propose a revenue from Port Duties. You are deceived, said he; I tell you, you are deceived The Americans will laugh at you for your distinctions. He spoke against legalizing a direct trade b
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 4: (search)
s the opulent village of Philadelphia, which it seemed to them most melancholy to desert, would become a magnificent metropolis. The result of their mission was watched with intense interest throughout all Europe, especially at Versailles and in the Netherlands; but the creation of their office was a mere device to aid Lord North in governing the house of Chap. IV.} 1778. commons, and to reconcile the people of England to a continuance of the war. Richard Jackson to Wm. S. Johnson, 30 Nov., 1784, Ms. Carlisle, the first commissioner, had in the house of lords spoken with warmth upon the insolence of the rebels for refusing to treat with the Howes, and had stigmatized the people of America as base and unnatural children of England. The second commissioner was an under-secretary, whose chief, a few weeks before, in the same assembly, had scoffed at congress as a body of vagrants. Suffolk, 11 Dec., 1777, in Almon, x. 119; Burke, III. 372. The third was Johnstone, who had lately