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Falmouth, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
es entered into by the people of Boston. In supplement to Boston Gazette of 19 Sept. 1768. of themselves and the mechanics, to cease importing British goods. It was also unanimously voted, that the selectmen wait on the several ministers of the Gospel within the town to desire that the next Tuesday might be set apart as a day of fasting and prayer; and it was so kept by all the Congregational churches. On the fourteenth of September, just after a vessel had arrived in forty days from Falmouth, bringing news how angry people in England were with the Americans, Captain Corner's Diary, 14 Sept. 1768. that three regiments were coming over, that fifty State prisoners were to be sent home, the Selectmen issued a circular, repeating the history of their grievances, and inviting every town in the Province to send a Committee to the Convention, to give sound and wholesome advice, and prevent any sudden and unconnected measures. The city of London had never done the like in the great
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 13
here appeared in the Boston Gazette, a paper in the form of Queries, Queries in Boston Gazette, 5 Sept. 1768; 701, 31, signed Clericus Americanus. Bernard to Hillsborough, 16 Sept. 1768, Letters to Hillsborough, &c. 70. designed to persuade the people that the Acts of Par- Chap. XXXVI} 1768. Sept. liament and the measures of the British Governmentfor their execution, necessarily implied a leaping over all those covenants and compacts which were the basis of the political union with Great Britain; that, therefore, it was expedient for the inhabitants of every town in the Province, to choose representatives for a General Assembly with instructions, on their coming together, to pray for the enlargement of their privileges to the extent of that first original Charter The old Charter which had nothing of royalty in it. Bernard to Hillsborough, 16 September, 1768; Letters to Hillsborough, 74. of the Colony, which left to the people the choice of their Governor, and reserved to the C
Halifax (Canada) (search for this): chapter 13
educe us to slavery, we will put our lives in our hands and cry to the Judge of all the earth, who will do right, saying: Behold—how they come to cast us out of this possession which thou hast given us to inherit. Help us, O Lord, our God; for we rest on Thee, and in Thy name 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 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. Uni
Halifax (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
d hardly indulged in this day-dream for twentyfour hours, when his expectations were dashed by the account of Botetourt's appointment, and he began to quake, lest he should lose Bernard to Hillsborough, 18 September, 1768. Massachusetts also. Of a sudden he was become the most anxious and unhappy man in Boston. On Monday, the nineteenth, Bernard announ- Chap XXXVI} 1768. Sept. ced to the Council, that two regiments were expected from Ireland, that two others were coming at once from Halifax, and desired that for one of them quarters might be prepared Bernard to Hillsborough, 23 September, 1768. within the town. The process in quartering, replied the Council, See Note to the Letter of the Major part of the Council to Lord Hillsborough, 15 April, 1769, in Letters to Hillsborough. must be regulated by the Act of Parliament; and that required the civil officers to quarter and billet the officers and soldiers in his Majesty's service in the barracks; and only in case there w
Geneva, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
Chapter 36: The towns of Massachusetts meet in Convention.— Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies con-tinued. September—1768. The approach of military rule convinced Samuel Chap. XXXVI.} 1768. Sept. Adams of the necessity of American Independence. From this moment, S. Adams's own statement to a friend in 1775. Ms. he struggled for it deliberately and unremittingly as became one who delighted in the stern creed of Calvin, which, wherever it has prevailed, in Geneva, Holland, Scotland, Puritan England, New England, has spread intelligence, severity of morals, love of freedom, and courage. He gave himself to his glorious work, as devotedly as though he had in his keeping the liberties of mankind, and was a chosen instrument for fulfilling what had been decreed by the Divine counsels from all eternity. Such a cause left no room for fear. He was, said Bernard, one of the principal and most desperate of the chiefs of the faction; the all in all Instar omnium; t
Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 13
36: The towns of Massachusetts meet in Convention.— Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies con-tinued. September—1768. The approach of military rule convinced Samuel Chap. XXXVI.} 1768. Sept. Adams of the necessity of American Independence. From this moment, S. Adams's own statement to a friend in 1775. Ms. he struggled for it deliberately and unremittingly as became one who delighted in the stern creed of Calvin, which, wherever it has prevailed, in Geneva, Holland, Scotland, Puritan England, New England, has spread intelligence, severity of morals, love of freedom, and courage. He gave himself to his glorious work, as devotedly as though he had in his keeping the liberties of mankind, and was a chosen instrument for fulfilling what had been decreed by the Divine counsels from all eternity. Such a cause left no room for fear. He was, said Bernard, one of the principal and most desperate of the chiefs of the faction; the all in all Instar omnium; the phrase
New England (United States) (search for this): chapter 13
Affidavit of Richard Silvester, sworn to before Chief Justice Hutchinson, and sent to the Secretary of State at the time the Ministry designed to take off the principal incendiaries. The words of S. Adams are known to have been uttered at or near this time. independent of the colonial Legislature to dragoon Chap. XXXVI.} 1768. Sept. us. He openly denied the superiority of the existing forms of government. It was not reverence for Kings, he would say, that brought the ancestors of New England to America. They fled from Kings and bishops, and looked up to the King of Kings. We are free, therefore, he concluded, and want no King. Affidavits in the State-paper Office London. The times were never better in Rome, than when they had no King and were a free State. As he reflected on the extent of the Colonies in America, he saw the vast empire that was forming, and was conscious it must fashion its own institutions, and reform those of England. But at this time Massachusetts
France (France) (search for this): chapter 13
Selectmen to inform the several towns of the Province of their design. Compare Edmund Burke's Speech, 8 Nov. 1768, in Cavendish, i. 39. Such an order to a Governor was an annihilation of the Assembly; and when the Assembly was dissolved, an usurped Assembly met. It was also voted by a very great majority that every one of the inhabitants should provide him- Chap XXXVI} 1768. Sept. self with fire-arms and ammunition; and this vote was grounded partly on the prevailing rumor of a war with France, but more on the precedent of the Revolution of King William and Queen Mary. A cordial letter was read from the merchants of New-York, communicating the agreement New-York Resolves subscribed by merchants, dated 27 August, 1768, and Resolves by the tradesmen of New-York, dated 5 Sept. 1768, referring to the salutary measures entered into by the people of Boston. In supplement to Boston Gazette of 19 Sept. 1768. of themselves and the mechanics, to cease importing British goods. It was
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
Chapter 36: The towns of Massachusetts meet in Convention.— Hillsborough's Administration of the Colonies con-tinued. September—1768. The approach of military rule convinced Samuel Chap. XXXVI.} 1768. Sept. Adams of the necessity of Amwas forming, and was conscious it must fashion its own institutions, and reform those of England. But at this time Massachusetts had no representative body. Bernard had hinted, that instructions might be given to forbid the calling of the Assembf Botetourt's appointment, and he began to quake, lest he should lose Bernard to Hillsborough, 18 September, 1768. Massachusetts also. Of a sudden he was become the most anxious and unhappy man in Boston. On Monday, the nineteenth, Bernard anops required by the Billeting Act. The Convention, which remained but six days in session, repeated the Protest of Massachusetts against taxation of the Colonies by the British Parliament; against a standing army; against the danger to the libert
Halifax, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
nd soldiers in his Majesty's service in the barracks; and only in case there was not sufficient room in the barracks to find other quarters for the residue of them. Major part of the Council to Hillsborough, 15 April, 1769. The Council, therefore, after an adjournment of three days, during which the militia were under arms, Captain Corner's Diary. exercising and firing, spoke out plainly, that as the barracks at Castle William were sufficient to accommodate both regiments ordered from Halifax, the Act of Parliament required that they should be quartered there. Upon this, Bernard produced the letter of General Gage, by which it appeared, that one only of the coming regiments was ordered for the present to Castle William, and one to the town of Boston. It is no disrespect to the General answered the Council, to say that no order whatsoever, coming from a General or a Secretary of War, or any less authority than his Majesty and Parliament, can supersede an Act of Parliament; and t
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