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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 34 12 Browse Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 18 0 Browse Search
Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters 14 10 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 12 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 12 0 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 1 8 0 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 6 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 5 3 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 4 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition.. You can also browse the collection for Quincy (Massachusetts, United States) or search for Quincy (Massachusetts, United States) in all documents.

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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 47: (search)
e- Chap. XLVII.} 1772. Jan. tual grants of salaries. When this was done, Rawlins Lowndes and others, their own judges, taken from among themselves, were dismissed; and an Irishman, a Scotchman, and a Welshman were sent over by Hillsborough to take their places. Compare List of Judges in South Carolina Statutes at large, i. 439; Ramsey, i. 214, II. 126. We, none of us, said the planters, can expect the honors of the State; they are all given away to worthless, poor sycophants. Compare Quincy's Quincy, 106, 107, 116. The Governor, Lord Charles Greville Montagu, had no Palace at Charleston; he uttered a threat to convene the South Carolina Assembly at Port Royal, unless they would vote him a house to his mind. Montagu to Hillsborough, 26 September, 1771; Hillsborough to Montagu, 4 December, 1771. Same to Same, 11 January, 1772; Montagu to Hillsborough, 27 July, 1772. This is the culminating point of administrative insolence. The system of concentrating all colonial power in
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 52: (search)
the last ten years, From the minute in the handwriting of John Adams, dated 29 April, 1774. Chap. LII.} 1774. April. is the contemporary record of John Adams. I cannot sufficiently respect his integrity and abilities, said Clymer of Pennsylvania; all good Americans should erect a statue to him in their hearts. Clymer to Quincy, 1774. Time proved that he had been right, even where his conduct had been questioned; and many in England esteemed him the first politician in the world. Quincy's Quincy, 258. He saw clearly that the rigorous measures of the British administration would the sooner bring to pass the first wish of his heart, the entire separation and independence of the Colonies, which Providence would erect into a mighty empire. S. Adams to A. Lee, April. Indefatigable in seeking for Massachusetts the countenance of her sister Colonies, S. Adams to John Dickinson, 21 April, 1774. he had no anxiety for himself; no doubt of the ultimate triumph of freedom; but as