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me we go against this multitude. Wednesday, the seventh, early in the morning, the Senegal left the port. Compare Gage to Hillsborough, 7 Sept. 1768. The next day, the Duke of Cumberland, a large ship, sailed for Nova Scotia. On the eighth of September, Bernard let it be known that both vessels of war were gone to fetch three regiments. Sullen discontent appeared on almost every brow. Bernard to Gage, 16 Sept, 1768. Captain Corner's Diary, Thursday, 8 Sept. On the ninth a Petition waThursday, 8 Sept. On the ninth a Petition was signed for a Town Meeting to consider of the most wise, constitutional, loyal, and salutary measures Words of the Petition to the Selectmen. reference to the expected arrival of Chap. XXXVI.} 1768. Sept. troops. Union was the heart's desire of Boston; union first with all the towns of the Province, and next with the sister Colonies; and the confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control. On Saturday, Otis, Samuel Adams, and Warre
y of August he communicated to the House, that the instruction to rescind, which they had called an impudent mandate, was an order from the King himself, whose immediate attention, he assured them, they would not be able to escape. In this manner the royal dignity and character were placed on trial before a colonial Assembly, and Monarchy itself was losing all its halo. The session had passed without the transaction of Sept. any business, when, near the evening of Saturday, the eighth day of September, Hutchinson received the order which had been adopted in July by the King in Council, and which marks the beginning of a system of measures having for their object the prevention of CHAP XLV.} 1770. Sept. American Independence. The harbor of Boston was made the rendezvous of all ships, stationed in North America, and the fortress which commanded it was to be delivered up to such officer as Gage should appoint, Hillsborough to Hutchinson, July, 1770. to be garrisoned by regular