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February 15th, 1764 AD (search for this): chapter 18
ed safely at Fort Chartres, where St. Ange gave them a friendly reception; and, in the fall of the leaf, on the morning of the tenth of October, Capt. Stirling to Gage. French Procts Verbal. he surrendered to them the left bank of the Mississippi. Some of the French crossed the river, so that at chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. St. Genevieve, a place that had been occupied for several years, there were at least five-and-twenty families; while St. Louis, whose origin dates from the fifteenth of February, 1764, Prinne's Anniversary Discourse. and whose skilfully chosen site and unequalled advantages soon attracted the admiration of the British commander, already counted about twice that number, and ranked as the leading settlement on the western side of the Mississippi. In all the English portion of the valley, there remained less than two thousand inhabitants of European origin. And of these, few or none were attached to England. She had won the valley of the Mississippi, and dare
October 10th (search for this): chapter 18
e hundred men of the Forty-second regiment, was detached down the Ohio, to relieve the French garrison. They arrived safely at Fort Chartres, where St. Ange gave them a friendly reception; and, in the fall of the leaf, on the morning of the tenth of October, Capt. Stirling to Gage. French Procts Verbal. he surrendered to them the left bank of the Mississippi. Some of the French crossed the river, so that at chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. St. Genevieve, a place that had been occupied for severn empire, they knew not what to propose. Of the men on whose support they were compelled to rely, many were among the loudest and ablest supporters of the Stamp tax. So orders were given Grey Cooper to Bernard, 8 Oct, 1765. Same to Shirley, 10 Oct. Treasury Letter Book. to Bernard, in Massachusetts, and elsewhere to governors, in cases of a vacancy, to act as stamp-distributors; and the resolves of Virginia were reserved for the consideration of that very parliament which had passed the St
October 24th (search for this): chapter 18
as instances of grievous oppression, and scarce better than downright tyranny, not by Boston only, but by the people throughout the continent; that it could never be carried into execution, unless at the point of the sword, by at least one considerable army in each province at the hazard of either the destruction of the American colonies, or their entire revolt and loss. The ministry shrunk from enforcing by arms the law which a part of them in their hearts disapproved; and on the twenty-fourth of October, the last day but one of the session of the American Congress, and only seven before the time for the Stamp Act to go into effect, Conway, by advice of the Privy Council, sent orders to the American Governors, and to the General, exhorting to persuasive methods, and the utmost prudence and lenity. Conway to Gage; to Bernard; to the Governors of North America. The conduct of America was regulated by the Congress, at New-York. Those who compose it, said Gage, are of various ch
September 26th (search for this): chapter 18
had passed the Stamp Act by a majority of five to one. Rockingham had promised nothing to the friends of America but relief to trade, where it was improperly curbed. To rouse the ministry from its indifference, Thomas Hollis, Hollis: Diary, 23 Oct. who perceived in the ugly squall, that had just reached them from America, the forerunner of the gen- chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. eral hurricane, waited on Rockingham, with the accounts which he had received from Mayhew, Mayhew to Hollis, 26 Sept. that the Stamp Act, and the power given to the Admiralty courts to dispense with juries, were detested as instances of grievous oppression, and scarce better than downright tyranny, not by Boston only, but by the people throughout the continent; that it could never be carried into execution, unless at the point of the sword, by at least one considerable army in each province at the hazard of either the destruction of the American colonies, or their entire revolt and loss. The ministry shru
October 23rd (search for this): chapter 18
e to Shirley, 10 Oct. Treasury Letter Book. to Bernard, in Massachusetts, and elsewhere to governors, in cases of a vacancy, to act as stamp-distributors; and the resolves of Virginia were reserved for the consideration of that very parliament which had passed the Stamp Act by a majority of five to one. Rockingham had promised nothing to the friends of America but relief to trade, where it was improperly curbed. To rouse the ministry from its indifference, Thomas Hollis, Hollis: Diary, 23 Oct. who perceived in the ugly squall, that had just reached them from America, the forerunner of the gen- chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. eral hurricane, waited on Rockingham, with the accounts which he had received from Mayhew, Mayhew to Hollis, 26 Sept. that the Stamp Act, and the power given to the Admiralty courts to dispense with juries, were detested as instances of grievous oppression, and scarce better than downright tyranny, not by Boston only, but by the people throughout the continent;
1765 AD (search for this): chapter 18
rbinger of an American Congress. chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. The delegates of South Carolina, the fearn. His illness obtained for him chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. some forbearance; but his written promiseaim of pre-eminence one over the chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. other. The Congress entered directly ohe Shawnees. But hearing from him chap XVIII} 1765. Oct. that the Iroquois, the Shawnees, and the d the alarm The king's answer to the clergy, 1765. of the church at the chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct.1765. Oct. free-thinking and free press which late years had fostered. The Duke de Choiseul, who at that timers were given Grey Cooper to Bernard, 8 Oct, 1765. Same to Shirley, 10 Oct. Treasury Letter Bookrica, the forerunner of the gen- chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. eral hurricane, waited on Rockingham, witsented than South Carolina. Her chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. delegation gave a chief to two of the thrMassachusetts, and Ogden, of New chap. XVIII.} 1765. Oct. Jersey, pretended that the resistance to [5 more...]
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