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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 19: (search)
icers of the navy and army, with great alacrity, gave him every assistance he required; and they ridiculed the thought that the government would repeal the Stamp Act, as the most singular delusion of party spirit. His son, whom he appointed temporary distributor, wrote on the same day to the commissioners of stamps, soliciting to hold the place permanently; for, he assured them, in a few months, the act would be quietly submitted to. David Colden to Commissioners of Stamp Office. Fort George, New-York, 26 Oct. 1765. But the people of New-York, one and all, cried out, Let us see who will dare put the Act into execution, upon the governor's appointment; we will take care of that. On the thirty-first of October, Colden and all he Oct. royal governors took the oath to carry the Stamp Act punctually into effect. In Connecticut, which, in chap. XIX.} 1765. Oct. its assembly, had already voted American taxation by a British parliament to be unprecedented and unconstitutional, Dyer