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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 8: (search)
not at that time, nor was he himself ever, agent for North Carolina. His son, Henry Eustace McCulloh, like his father, a zealous royalist, was collector of the port of Roanoke, as well as a member of the Council of North Carolina. [Tryon to Board of Trade, 28 April, 1767. Board of Trade, N. C., vol. 15.] On the second of December, 1768, H. E. McCulloh was appointed agent to the province of North Carolina by the Assembly [see America and West Indies, vol. 198], but the resolve, to which Governor Tryon had no objection, dropped in the Council. [Tryon to Hillsborough, 25 Feb. 1769.] He therefore acted for a time as agent of the Assembly. [Henry Eustace MccCulloh to Hillsborough, 5 June, 1768.] In the session of 1769 he was appointed agent for the province of North Carolina by an act of the Legislature. [1769, Nov. 27, Carolina Acts, 351.] This appointment was renewed 2 Dec. 1771. Henry McCulloh, the father, died, at a great age, in 1779. [Letter from D. L. Swain, late Governor of No
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 13: (search)
tion of the British Colonies, 21, 26. From my soul, said he, I detest and abhor the May. thought of making a question of jurisdiction. Otis: Vindication, 26. No person appeared to wish for national selfexistence. In North Carolina, where Tryon Tryon's Speech to the General Assembly of North Carolina, 2 May, 1765. acted as Governor, the majority of the legislature were even persuaded by him to make provision for the support of the Church of England, so that dissenters themselves, whoTryon's Speech to the General Assembly of North Carolina, 2 May, 1765. acted as Governor, the majority of the legislature were even persuaded by him to make provision for the support of the Church of England, so that dissenters themselves, who more and more abounded in that colony, should not be exempted from sharing the cost of the established religion. In Georgia, the stamp duty chap. XIII.} 1765. May. seemed as equal as any that could be generally imposed on the colonies; Georgia Committee to Knox, 15 April, 1765. though the manner of imposing it greatly inspired alarm. While the act was in abeyance, Hutchinson had, in letters to England, pleaded for the ancient privilege of the colonies with regard to internal taxes; b
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 19: (search)
ng prorogued, that it could not join in the application of the Congress; but had there been need of resorting to arms, the whole force of North Carolina was ready to join in protecting the rights of the continent. Gadsden to Garth, Dec. 1765. It was the same throughout the country. Wherever a jealousy was roused, that a stamp officer might exercise his functions, the people were sure to gather about him, and compel him to renew his resignation under oath, or solemnly before witnesses. Tryon to Conway, 26 Dec. The colonies began also to think of permanent chap. XIX.} 1765. Nov union. join or die became more and more their motto. At Windham, in Connecticut, the freemen, in a multitudinous assembly, agreed with one another, to keep up, establish, and maintain the spirit of union and liberty; and for that end they recommended monthly county conventions, and also a general meeting of the colony. At New London, the inhabitants of the county of Dec. that name, holding a ma