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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Preface. (search)
s which I needed from our own records. The late Joseph H. Lewis intrusted to me the very voluminous professional and private correspondence of General Wayne. I was also aided materially by the late Governor Andrew and by Secretary Warner of Massachusetts, by the late Senator Mason of Virginia, by Mr. George S. Bryan, and by the never-failing friendship of Mr. Brantz Meyer, Mr. J. Carson Brevoort, and Mr. George H. Moore. On the character of Alexander Hamilton, I sought and obtained instructiaratism, or the exaggerated expression of what we call States Rights, it did not grow out of the existence of slavery, but out of an element in human nature. The much agitated question as to the time and manner of the abolition of slavery in Massachusetts finds itself solved without going from home: the witness was at the door. The conduct of Shelburne in making peace between the two countries is made clear from his own words and acts. The part taken by Franklin in initiating and forwarding
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 2: (search)
n was growing by comers from England, the elector of Brandenburg, John Sigismund, after eight years of reflection, adopted the faith of those who were to plant Massachusetts, and passed with all formality, out of the church in which so much only of the precepts of Luther prevailed as the princes of his day could tolerate, into the nt Rochelle, the reformation was rescued in Germany by the relief of Stralsund, and extended in America by the planting of a regular government Chap. II.} in Massachusetts. The day on which Winthrop sailed into Boston harbor, Gustavus Adolphus was landing fifteen thousand men in Pomerania. The thoughts of Germany and of the new people of America ran together: one and the same element of life animated them all. The congregations of Massachusetts, too feeble to send succor to their European brethren, poured out their souls for them in prayer. From the free city of Nuremberg, Gustavus Adolphus, History of the United States, II. 284. just three weeks b
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 4: (search)
swiftly formed two of the retreating regiments of Wayne's brigade, commanded by Stewart and Ramsay, in front of the pursuers and under their fire; and thus gained time to plant the troops that were advancing with him upon good ground. This being done, he again met Lee, who was doing nothing, like one in a private capacity; and, finding in him no disposition to retrieve his character, When Botta's admirable history of our war of independence was translated into English, John Brooks of Massachusetts, who, on the day at Monmouth, was Lee's aide-de-camp, and on the trial was one of his chief witnesses, very emphatically denied the statement, that Lee had done good service on the field after meeting with Washington. Remarks of John Brooks on the battle of Monmouth; written down by J. Welles. Compare Autograph Memoirs of Lafayette. Steuben: I found General Lee on horseback before a house. Doctor Machenry: The General [Lee] was on horseback, observing to a number of gentlemen who wer
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 5: (search)
out amendment; and on the fifth of May, 1779, the delegates of Delaware did the same. Maryland, which was on all sides precisely limited by its charter,—while Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Virginia, and at least one of the Carolinas, might claim by royal grant an almost boundless extension to the north and west,—alone arre Washington proposed to employ the temporary superiority at sea in the capture of Rhode Island and its garrison of six thousand men. He had in advance summoned Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island to send quotas of their militia for the expedition. The council of war of Rhode Island, exceeding his requirement, called out oe for twenty days from the first of August, and ordered the remainder to be ready at a minute's warning. Out of his own feeble army he spared one brigade from Massachusetts and one from Rhode Island, of one thousand each, and they were followed by a further detachment. Directing Sullivan, who was placed over the district of Rhode
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 7: (search)
forfeit whatever he offered for sale; and it requested the state legislatures to declare them a lawful tender. This Massachusetts had enacted a month before; and the example was followed throughout the union. The states were at the same time instment of ac- Chap. VII.} 1777. counts, after the confederation should have been ratified. Of thousands of dollars, Massachusetts was rated at eight hundred and twenty; Virginia at eight hundred; Pennsylvania at six hundred and twenty; Connecticutprotection; but the word was retained by eight states against Rhode Island and Maryland. Samuel Adams and Lovell, of Massachusetts, voted for it, but were balanced by Gerry and Holten; Sherman, of Connecticut, opposed it, but his vote was neutralizhe banks of her navigable waters. In all New England, seedtime and harvest did not fail; and the unmolested ports of Massachusetts grew opulent by commerce. Samuel Adams, uttering the popular sentiment, wrote from Philadelphia: I hope we shall sec
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 9: (search)
h eleven were assigned to Pennsylvania, as many to Virginia, and fifteen to Massachusetts. Journals of Congress, 9 March, 1779. Not one state furnished its whole ersey paid two hundred and fifty dollars to each of her recruits. Often in Massachusetts, sometimes in Virginia, levies were raised by draft. Writings of Washingork; Burke, of North Carolina; Witherspoon, of New Jersey; Samuel Adams, of Massachusetts; and Smith, of Virginia. Of these, Samuel Adams demanded the most territorted by Sherman; Secret Journals of Congress, II. 162. but New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island alone sustained a right to the fisheries on the coasts oft of the French minister and his friends was disturbed. Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, evading a breach of the rules of congress by a change in form, moved resol indefinitely postponed by the votes of eight states against New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania; Georgia alone being absent. The French
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 10: (search)
lly complied with, and in many counties exceeded. For many of the soldiers, the term of service expired with the year; and shorter enlistments, by which several states attempted to fill their quotas, were fatal to compactness and stability. Massachusetts offered a bounty of five hundred dollars to each of those who would enlist for three years or the war, and found few to accept the offer. The Americans wanted men and wanted money, and yet could not be subdued. An incalculable strength lay , and of clothes and blankets, were borne with the most heroic patience. In this hour of affliction, Thomas Pownall, a member of parliament, who, from observation and research and long civil service in the central states and as governor of Massachusetts, knew the United States as thoroughly as any man in Britain, published in England, in the form of a memorial to the sovereigns of Europe, these results of his experience:— The present crisis may be wrought into the great- 1780. Jan. est b
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 17: (search)
erson was in congress he kept Virginia and Massachusetts in a close and unselfish union, of which tas no distinction between north and south. Massachusetts expressed itself as absolutely as South Causand, differing little from the number in Massachusetts, and being in proportion to the whole popuvelation. Moore's History of Slavery in Massachusetts, 177. In January, 1777, seven-negro slavesaution which now marked the proceedings of Massachusetts. In February, 1779, the 1779. legislaturas the act by which slavery fell away from Massachusetts. Its people wrought with the power of nat being or to destroy. The manner in which Massachusetts left slavery behind, as of the dead and irhen by its all-persuasive force the men of Massachusetts abolished slavery, the decision had the chg in of the twenty-fifth of October, 1780, Massachusetts became in truth a free common-wealth. Itsinistry, simultaneously with the people of Massachusetts, engaged in forming its model. The part o[8 more...]
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 18: (search)
ethren, not only my life, but the lives of the troops under my command, are entirely devoted to their service. Washington in general orders desired the American officers to wear white and black cockades as a symbol of affection for their allies. The British fleet at New York having received a large re-enforcement, so that it had now a great superiority, Sir Henry Clinton embarked about eight thousand men for an expedition against the French in Rhode Island. Supported by militia from Massachusetts and Connecticut, the French longed for the threatened attack; but the expedition proceeded no further than Huntington Bay in Long Island, where it idled away several days, and then returned to New York. Of the incapacity of Arbuthnot, the admiral, Clinton sent home bitter complaints, which were little heeded. There were those who censured the general as equally wanting energy. The sixth summer during which the British had vainly endeavored to reduce the United States was passing away,
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 19: (search)
rk, and prolonged its existence by adjournments. At the convention called in August, 1780, no states appeared except Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire; but a step was taken towards the formation of a federal constitution. After adoptinblic, II. 83. To these resolutions Washington invited the attention of Bowdoin, then president of the council of Massachusetts. If adopted, said he, they will Chap. XIX.} 1780. be the means, most likely, to rescue our affairs from the complicacame to the conviction that the country must depend on France for aid in money. It is now four days, wrote Glover to Massachusetts on the eleventh of December, Dec. 11. since your line of the army has eaten one mouthful of bread. We have no moneyver above that parallel. Madison, obeying the instruction, voted for the measure contrary to his private judgment. Massachusetts,Chap. XIX.} 1781. Feb. Connecticut, and North Carolina alone opposed, New York being divided. Virginia did more. Av
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