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Edmund Burke (search for this): chapter 10
ecessor. Out of doors, America was not without those who listened to her complaints. The aged Oglethorpe, Miss De Berdt to Mr. Read. founder of the Colony of Georgia, busied himself with distributing pamphlets in her behalf among the most considerable public men. Franklin, in London, collected and printed the Farmer's Letters. They are very wild, Franklin, VII. Compare W. S. Johnson to Pitkin, 29 July, 1768. said Hillsborough of them; many called them treasonable and seditious; yet Burke approved their principle. Trans lated into French, they were much read in Parisian Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. May. saloons; and their author was compared with Cicero. In America the Farmer is adored; said the Governor of Georgia; Sir James Wright to Lord Hillsborough, 23 May, 1768. and no mark of honor and respect is thought equal to his merit. At that time Georgia was the most flourishing Colony on the continent. Wright to Hillsborough, 30 May, 1768. Lands there were cheap and labor
Nathaniel Rogers (search for this): chapter 10
Hutchinson, 21 July, 1768. the Legislature seemed willing to restore Hutchinson to the Council, and on the first ballot he had sixty-eight votes where he needed but seventy-one. Compare Bernard to Hillsborough, 30 May, 1768; Hutchinson to Nathaniel Rogers, 7 June, 1768. He himself was the cause of his defeat. As the Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. May. Convention were preparing to ballot a second time, Samuel Adams rose to ask whether the Lieutenant-Governor was a pensioner; on which Otis, the othude, undutifulness and insolence. They will not come to a right temper, said Hutchinson, until they find that, at all events, the Parliament will maintain its authority, and that to oppose it any longer must prove their ruin. Hutchinson to N. Rogers, 30 or 31 May, 1768. Such were the Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. May. representations of men, on whom Hillsborough was eager to bestow signal marks of his confidence; having resolved to reward Bernard's zeal with the lucrative post of Lieutenant Govern
W. Franklin (search for this): chapter 10
America was not without those who listened to her complaints. The aged Oglethorpe, Miss De Berdt to Mr. Read. founder of the Colony of Georgia, busied himself with distributing pamphlets in her behalf among the most considerable public men. Franklin, in London, collected and printed the Farmer's Letters. They are very wild, Franklin, VII. Compare W. S. Johnson to Pitkin, 29 July, 1768. said Hillsborough of them; many called them treasonable and seditious; yet Burke approved their princFranklin, VII. Compare W. S. Johnson to Pitkin, 29 July, 1768. said Hillsborough of them; many called them treasonable and seditious; yet Burke approved their principle. Trans lated into French, they were much read in Parisian Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. May. saloons; and their author was compared with Cicero. In America the Farmer is adored; said the Governor of Georgia; Sir James Wright to Lord Hillsborough, 23 May, 1768. and no mark of honor and respect is thought equal to his merit. At that time Georgia was the most flourishing Colony on the continent. Wright to Hillsborough, 30 May, 1768. Lands there were cheap and labor dear; it had no manufact
Appendix J. Hutchinson (search for this): chapter 10
The two parties were nearer an equality. Hutchinson to Richard Jackson, 14 June, 1768. On the dace to laws not based on equity, Letter of Hutchinson, 21 July, 1768. the Legislature seemed willing to restore Hutchinson to the Council, and on the first ballot he had sixty-eight votes where he nmpare Bernard to Hillsborough, 30 May, 1768; Hutchinson to Nathaniel Rogers, 7 June, 1768. He hid of the faction, stood up and declared that Hutchinson had received a warrant from the Lords of the in Council. But for the warrant, confessed Hutchinson, I should have been elected. And that, addef the Council spoils the Constitution, wrote Hutchinson, Hutchinson to R. Jackson, 4 June, 1768. Hutchinson to R. Jackson, 4 June, 1768. though he afterwards uttered the falsehood of denying his opinion. The House, reported Bernard to H They will not come to a right temper, said Hutchinson, until they find that, at all events, the Pae hands of Hutchinson. Richard Jackson to Hutchinson, 3 June, 1768. Just at this time, the Mi[5 more...]
Conway (search for this): chapter 10
ealed accusations? With Chap Xxxiii} 1768. May truer loyalty towards the mother country, Samuel Adams, Samuel Adams to S. de Berdt, 14 May, 1768. through the Agent, advised the repeal of the Revenue Acts, and the removal of a Governor, in whom the Colonies could never repose confidence. But Bernard went on, persuading Hillsborough that America had grown refractory Bernard to Hillsborough, 19 May, 1768. in consequence of the feeble administration of the Colonies during the time of Conway and Shelburne; that it required his Lordship's distinguished abilities Bernard to Hillsborough, 12 May, 1768. to accomplish the most arduous task of reducing them into good order. It only needs, said Hutchinson, Hutchinson to——, 26 May, 1768. one steady plan, pursued a little while. At that moment the people of Massachusetts, confidently awaiting a favorable result of their appeal to the King, revived their ancient spirit of loyalty. At the opening of the political year on the last
Barrington (search for this): chapter 10
s Parliament, was an unexampled interference of the Court. Wilkes represented Westminster. I think it highly proper to apprise you that the expulsion of Wilkes appears to be very essential, and must be effected, wrote the King to Lord North, King to Lord North, 25 April, 1768. who stood ready to obey the peremptory and unconstitutional mandate. At the opening, the great question was raised, May. if strangers should be excluded from the debates. It has always been my opinion, said Barrington, that strangers should not be allowed to hear them. Strangers are entitled to hear them, replied Seymour. I ever wished, said Grenville, to have what is done here, well known. The people no longer acquiesced in the secrecy of the proceedings of their professed representatives. The decision was postponed; but this is the last Parliament of which the debates are not reported. The new House was not more just to the Colonies than its predecessor. Out of doors, America was not without t
British King (search for this): chapter 10
disputed returns exceeded all precedent; as did the riots, into which a misguided populace, indulged once every seven years with the privilege Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. April. of an election, had been enticed. The first incident in the history of this Parliament, was an unexampled interference of the Court. Wilkes represented Westminster. I think it highly proper to apprise you that the expulsion of Wilkes appears to be very essential, and must be effected, wrote the King to Lord North, King to Lord North, 25 April, 1768. who stood ready to obey the peremptory and unconstitutional mandate. At the opening, the great question was raised, May. if strangers should be excluded from the debates. It has always been my opinion, said Barrington, that strangers should not be allowed to hear them. Strangers are entitled to hear them, replied Seymour. I ever wished, said Grenville, to have what is done here, well known. The people no longer acquiesced in the secrecy of the proceeding
Seymour (search for this): chapter 10
ly proper to apprise you that the expulsion of Wilkes appears to be very essential, and must be effected, wrote the King to Lord North, King to Lord North, 25 April, 1768. who stood ready to obey the peremptory and unconstitutional mandate. At the opening, the great question was raised, May. if strangers should be excluded from the debates. It has always been my opinion, said Barrington, that strangers should not be allowed to hear them. Strangers are entitled to hear them, replied Seymour. I ever wished, said Grenville, to have what is done here, well known. The people no longer acquiesced in the secrecy of the proceedings of their professed representatives. The decision was postponed; but this is the last Parliament of which the debates are not reported. The new House was not more just to the Colonies than its predecessor. Out of doors, America was not without those who listened to her complaints. The aged Oglethorpe, Miss De Berdt to Mr. Read. founder of the Col
Read (search for this): chapter 10
o hear them, replied Seymour. I ever wished, said Grenville, to have what is done here, well known. The people no longer acquiesced in the secrecy of the proceedings of their professed representatives. The decision was postponed; but this is the last Parliament of which the debates are not reported. The new House was not more just to the Colonies than its predecessor. Out of doors, America was not without those who listened to her complaints. The aged Oglethorpe, Miss De Berdt to Mr. Read. founder of the Colony of Georgia, busied himself with distributing pamphlets in her behalf among the most considerable public men. Franklin, in London, collected and printed the Farmer's Letters. They are very wild, Franklin, VII. Compare W. S. Johnson to Pitkin, 29 July, 1768. said Hillsborough of them; many called them treasonable and seditious; yet Burke approved their principle. Trans lated into French, they were much read in Parisian Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. May. saloons; and thei
French (search for this): chapter 10
se who listened to her complaints. The aged Oglethorpe, Miss De Berdt to Mr. Read. founder of the Colony of Georgia, busied himself with distributing pamphlets in her behalf among the most considerable public men. Franklin, in London, collected and printed the Farmer's Letters. They are very wild, Franklin, VII. Compare W. S. Johnson to Pitkin, 29 July, 1768. said Hillsborough of them; many called them treasonable and seditious; yet Burke approved their principle. Trans lated into French, they were much read in Parisian Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. May. saloons; and their author was compared with Cicero. In America the Farmer is adored; said the Governor of Georgia; Sir James Wright to Lord Hillsborough, 23 May, 1768. and no mark of honor and respect is thought equal to his merit. At that time Georgia was the most flourishing Colony on the continent. Wright to Hillsborough, 30 May, 1768. Lands there were cheap and labor dear; it had no manufactures; though, of the poorer
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