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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 98 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 24 0 Browse Search
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 20 0 Browse Search
Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739. 16 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 1. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 10 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 8 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers 8 0 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 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) 8 0 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 8 0 Browse Search
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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 5: (search)
as, it seemed that he would carry it through before the rising of parliament. Jasper Mauduit to Mr. Secretary Oliver. London, 23 March, 1763. Some days ago the First Lord of Trade proposed lowering the duties on French molasses from 6d to 2d per gallon, in order the more effectually to secure the payment; and, short as the term is, he will probably carry it through before the rising of parliament. See Jasper Mauduit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. The house was impatient for it; heavy complaints were made, that the system of making all the revenue offices in America sinecure places, had led to such abuses, that an American annual revenue of less than two thousand pounds cost the establishment of the customs in Great Britain between seven and eight thousand pounds a year. Grenville to Horace Walpole, 8 Sept. 1763, in Grenville Papers, II. 114. Lord North and Charles Yorke were members of the committee who introduced into
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 6: (search)
rrested; but on the doubtful plea that his privilege as a member of parliament had been violated, he was set at liberty by the popular Chief Justice Pratt. The opponents of the ministry hastened to renew the war of privilege against prerogative, with the advantage of being defenders of the constitution on a question affecting a vital principle of personal freedom. The cry for Wilkes and Liberty was heard in all parts of the British dominion. Hutchinson's History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, III. 163. In the midst of the confusion, Grenville set about confirming himself in power Grenville's Account of himself to Knox. by diligence in the public business. His self-conceit, said Lord Holland afterwards, Lord Holland to George Selwyn. as well as his pride and obstinacy, established him. For the joint secretary of the treasury he selected an able and sensible lawyer, Thomas Whately, in whom he obtained a firm defender and political friend. His own secretary as Ch
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
the colonies was endangered. Further: Grenville had been made to believe that the Americans were able to contribute to the revenue, and he had little reason to think them so stubborn as to refuse the payment of a tax. There was not the least disposition in the agents of the colonies to oppose it; J. Mauduit, 11 February, 1764. and the agent of Massachusetts made a merit of his submission. Jasper Mauduit's letter to the Speaker of the louse of Representatives of the province of Massachusetts Bay. London, 11 Feb. 1764. The Secretary of Maryland had for years watched the ripening of the chap. IX.} 1764. Mar. measure, and could not conceal his joy at its adoption. Calvert to Sharpe, in many leters. Thomas Pownall, the fribble, Samuel Adams's opinion of Thomas Pownall. who had been Governor of Massachusetts, and is remembered as one who grew more and more liberal as he grew old, openly contended for an American revenue to be raised by customs on trade, a stamp-duty, a mod