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Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 241 7 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 217 3 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 208 10 Browse Search
Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative 169 1 Browse Search
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 158 36 Browse Search
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3 81 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 32: (search)
d of brothers, strengthened with inconceivable supplies of force and constancy by that sympathetic ardor which animates good men, confederated in a good cause. You are assigned by Divine Providence, in the appointed order of things, the protector of unborn ages, whose fate depends upon your virtue. The people of Boston responded to this appeal. In a solemn Meeting, Bernard to Hillsborough, 28 March, 1768. Malcom moved their thanks to the ingenious author of the Farmer's Letters; and Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Warren, were of the committee to greet him in the name of the Town as the Friend of Americans, and the benefactor of mankind. They may with equal reason make one step more; wrote Hutchinson to the Duke of Grafton; they may deny the regal as well as the parliamentary authority, although no man as yet has that in his thoughts. Hutchinson to the Duke of Grafton, 27 March, 1768. Du Chatelet, Du Chatelet to Choiseul, 12 March, 1768; and compare other letters. in E
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 34: (search)
and with ropes in the barges, the sloop was towed away to the Romney. A crowd of boys and negroes Hutchinson to Whately, Boston, 18 June, 1768. gathered at the heels Affidavits of Harrison the Collector, B. Hallowell, Jr., the Comptroller, and R. A. Garrison, Jr. 11 June, 1768. Letters to the Ministry, 122, 125. of the Custom House Officers, and threw Chap. XXXIV.} 1768. June. stones, bricks and dirt at them, alarming them, but doing no serious mischief; and while Samuel Adams, Hancock and Warren, with others, were deliberating what was to be done, a mob broke windows in the house of the Comptroller and of an Inspector, and failing to find a boat belonging to the Romney, seized on the Collector's pleasure-boat, dragged it in triumph to Boston Common and burnt it. After this, at about one o'clock, they dispersed, Hutchinson to R. Jackson, 16 June, 1768. De Berdt's Memorial to Hillsborough, with the accompanying affidavits. Bernard's Letter to the Ministry. and the tow
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 36: (search)
ountry might the more cheerfully respond to the town of Boston. The Bill of Rights declared that for the redress of grievances, Parliaments ought to be held frequently; the Assembly of Massachusetts had been arbitrarily dissolved; and Bernard refused to issue writs for a new one; so that the legislative rights of the Colony were suspended. The Town therefore, following the precedent of 1688, proposed a Convention in Faneuil Hall. To this body they elected Cushing, Otis, Samuel Adams, and Hancock, a committee to represent them; and directed their Selectmen to inform the several towns of the Province of their design. Compare Edmund Burke's Speech, 8 Nov. 1768, in Cavendish, i. 39. Such an order to a Governor was an annihilation of the Assembly; and when the Assembly was dissolved, an usurped Assembly met. It was also voted by a very great majority that every one of the inhabitants should provide him- Chap XXXVI} 1768. Sept. self with fire-arms and ammunition; and this vote was g
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 37: (search)
e to be spared. Hutchinson to T. Whately, Boston, 17 Oct. 1768. These red coats make a formidable appearance, said Hutchinson, with an exulting countenance, and an air of complacency, buoyant with the prospect of rising one step higher. The soldiers liked the country they were come to, and, sure that none would betray them, soon deserted in numbers. Andrew Eliot to Thomas Hollis, 17 Oct. 1768. The Commissioners were more haughty than before, and gratified their malignity by arresting Hancock and Malcom on charges, confidently made but never established. Gage to Hillsborough, No. 19 and No. 28, 5 March, 1769. All were anxious to know the decision of the King and the New Parliament, respecting the great question between Government by consent and Government by authority. But the determination of the King was evident from the first. Chatham, even if he is crazed, is the person who most merits to be observed, wrote Choiseul; Choiseul to the French Embassy at London, 21 Augu
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter XLI (search)
t, they complained that their accusations which had, as they thought, been fully certified, had not been noticed at Westminster for Treason. The choice of Representatives showed the sense of the people. The town of Boston, on coming together, demanded the withdrawal of the soldiery during the election; but they were only confined within the barracks while the ballot was taken. Of five hundred and eight votes that were cast, the four old representatives, Otis, Cushing, Samuel Adams, and Hancock, received more than five hundred. They were instructed to insist on the departure of the army from the town and Province; and not to pay any thing towards its support. Bradford's Hist of Mass. i. 180. Of the ninety-two who voted not to rescind, eighty-one, probably all who were candidates, were re-elected; of the seventeen rescinders, only five. Especially Salem condemned the conduct of its former representatives and substituted two Sons of Liberty in their stead. Cambridge charg
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 42: (search)
ason by suspending their mutual trade. The people of Boston, Hutchinson, New-Hutchison to Hillsborough, Boston, 8 Aug. 1769; Same to Sir Francis Bernard, 8 Aug. 1769. stimulated by the unanimity and scrupulous fidelity of New-York, were impatient that a son of Bernard, two sons of Hutchinson, and about five others, would not accede to the agreement. At a great and public Meeting of Mer- Chap XLII.} 1769. Aug. chants Boston Gazette, 749, 2, 1, of 14 August, 1769. in Faneuil Hall, Hancock proposed to send for Hutchinson's two sons, hinting what was true, that the Lieutenant Governor was himself a partner Boston Gazette, 4 Sept. 1769; 752, 3, 1. with them in their late extraordinary importations of tea. As the best means of coercion, it was voted not to purchase any thing of the recusants; subscription papers to that effect were carried round from house to house, and every body complied. Hutchinson to Sir Francis Bernard, Boston, 8 August, 1769. The Anniversary of t
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 43: (search)
other officers made a part, sent him an answer, that their Assembly was warranted by law. He saw that the answer was in Hancock's handwriting, Hutchinson to——, January, 1770. and he treasured up the autograph to be produced one day, when HancockHancock should be put on trial. The news from Boston spread through the country. It is hard, said Trumbull, now Governor of Connecticut, to break connections with our mother country; but when she strives to enslave us, the strictest union must be disson, the Town Meeting was opened in Faneuil Hall by prayer from Cooper; then Samuel Adams and fourteen others, among them, Hancock and Molineux, were chosen to proceed to the Council Chap. XLIII.} 1770. March Chamber, where in the name of the Town ere dependent on his words. The Town, after deliberation, raised a new and smaller Committee, composed of Samuel Adams, Hancock, Molineux, William Phillips, Warren, Henshaw and Pemberton, to bear their final message. They found the Lieutenant Gove
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 47: (search)
ted a disposition in all the Colonies to let the controversy with the kingdom subside. Hutchinson to Gov Pownall, 14 October, 1771. The King sent word to tempt Hancock by marks of favor. Hancock and most of the party, said the Governor, are quiet; and all of them, except Adams, abate of their virulence. Adams would push the CoHancock and most of the party, said the Governor, are quiet; and all of them, except Adams, abate of their virulence. Adams would push the Continent into a rebellion to-morrow, if it was in his power. Hutchinson to John Pownall, Secretary to the Board of Trade, 17 October, 1771. While America generally was so tranquil, Samuel Adams continued musing till the fire within him burned; and the thought of correspondence and union among the friends of liberty flashed upon hchinson waited eagerly Dec. and confidently to hear how the extravagance of the Assembly in their last session would be resented by the King; now striving to set Hancock more and more against Adams; now seeking to lull the people Chap. XLVII.} 1771. Dec. into security; now boasting of his band of writers on the side of Governmen
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 48: (search)
elicit from their institutions the means of restoring their liberty. Yet when he first proposed organizing revolution through committees of correspondence, every one of his colleagues in the delegation from Boston dissuaded from the movement. Hancock, who disapproved the measure as rash or insufficient, joined with three or four others of the selectmen of Boston; and they rejected the prayer of the first petition for a town- Oct. meeting. The word of God, wrote the younger Quincy, has pinvite the other Colonies to join. Hutchinson to a Friend in England, I suppose Sir Francis Bernard, 14 June, 1773. I had the fullest evidence, &c. &c. The motion was readily adopted; but it was difficult to raise the Committee. Cushing, Hancock, and Phillips, three of the four Representatives of Boston, S. Cooper to B. Franklin, 15 March, 1773; Franklin, VIII. 37; Hutchinson to John Pownall, 19 April, 1773; Boston Gazette, 918, 2, 2, and other letters. pleaded private business and
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 49: (search)
villains; malicious and vindictive, as well as ambitious and avaricious, said John Adams, who this year was chosen into the Council but negatived by the governor. Bone of our bone; flesh of our flesh; born and educated among us, cried others. Hancock, who was angry at being named in the correspondence, determined to lay bare their hypocrisy; and Cooper from the pulpit preached of the old Serpent, which deceiveth the whole world; but was cast out into the earth and his angels with him. Thengland would have cherished his memory! Now his gray hairs, which should ever be kept purer than the ermine, were covered with shame; his ambition was defeated, and he suffered all the tortures of avarice trembling or the loss of place. It was Hancock, Hutchinson to——, 6 July, 7773. who, taking advantage of the implied permission of Hutchinson, produced to the House copies of the letters, which were then published and scattered throughout New England and the Continent. A series of Resolve
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