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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
ht be laid on the colonies to yield £ 500,000, which would secure the promised relief to the country gentlemen. This sum, he insisted, the Americans were well able to pay, and he was heard by the House with great joy and attention, For an account of Huske's speech, see extract of a letter from a gentleman in London to his friend in New-York, in Weyman's New-York Gazette of 5 April, 1764. Gordon, in History of American Revolution, i. 157, quotes the letter as from Stephen Savre to Capt. Isaac Sears, of New-York. See, also, Joseph Reed to Charles Pettit, London, 11 June, 1764, in Reed's Life and Correspondence of Reed, i. 33. The date of Sayre's letter shows the speech must have been made before the 7th of Feb., 1764; probably in December, 1763. betraying his native land for the momentary chap. IX.} 1763. Dec. pleasure of being cheered by the aristocracy, which was soon to laugh at him. Reed's Reed, i. 33. In England the force of opposition was broken. Charles Yorke cam
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 19: (search)
me from their shipping; the people flocked in, as Gage thought, by thousands; the number seemed to be still increasing; and the leader of the popular tumult was Isaac Sears, the self-constituted, and for ten years, the recognised head of the people of New-York. At the corners of streets, at the doors of the public offices, placard his declaration to that effect, duly authenticated, was immediately published. But the confidence of the people was shaken. We will have the stamp papers, cried Sears to the multitude, within fourand-twenty hours; and as he appealed to the crowd, they expressed their adherence by shouts. Your best way, added Sears to the friendSears to the friends of order, will be to advise Lieutenant-Governor Colden to send the stamp papers from the fort to the inhabitants. To appease their wrath, Colden invited Kennedy to receive them on board the Coventry. They are already lodged in the fort, answered Kennedy, unwilling to offend the people. The Common Council of New-York next interp
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
be of no avail, America must unite and prepare for resistance. In New-York, on Christmas day, the lovers of liberty pledged themselves to march with all dispatch, at their own costs and expense, on the first proper notice, with their whole force, if required, to the relief of those who should, or might be, in danger from the Stamp Act or its abettors. Before the year was up, Mott, one of the New-York Committee of Correspondence, arrived with others at New London, bringing a letter from Isaac Sears, and charged to ascertain how far New England would adopt the same covenant. If the great men are determined to enforce the Act, said John Adams, on New Year's day, on some 1766 Jan vague news from New-York, they will find it a more obstinate war than the conquest of Canada and Louisiana. Great Sir, said Edes and Gill through their newspaper to the king, printing the message in large letters, Great Sir, Retreat or you are ruined. None, said the press of Philadelphia, in words wide
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 23: (search)
field county resolved that the Stamp Act was unconstitutional, null, and void, and that business of all kinds should go on as usual. Then, too, the hum of domestic industry was heard more and more: young women would get together, and merrily and emulously drive the spinning wheel from sunrise till dark; and every day the humor spread for being clad in homespun. Hutchinson's Corr. 8 March, 1766. Cheered by the zeal of New England, the Sons of Liberty of New-York, under the lead of Isaac Sears and John Lamb, sent circular letters as far as South Carolina, inviting to the formation of a permanent continental union. Gordon, i. 199. But the summons was not waited for. The people of South Carolina grew more and more hearty against the Act. We are a very weak province, reasoned Christopher Gadsden, From an autograph letter of Christopher Gadsden to W. S. Johnson, 16 April, 1766. yet a rich growing one, and of as much importance to Great Britain as any upon the continent; a