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ssembly went on as though nothing had happened. The health of Chatham was all the while growing worse; and his life began to be despaired of. His letters were kept from him. Lady Chatham to Grafton, North End, 31 July, 1767. Of the transactions that were going forward, he was scarce even a spectator, and seemed to be unconcerned in the event. De Guerchy to Choiseul, 10 June, 16 June, 8 July, 1767. T. Whately to Lord Temple, 30 July, 1767. About nine o'clock in the evening of the twentieth, the leaders of the two branches of the Oligarchy met at Newcastle House. When Rockingham had explained the purpose of the meeting, Bedford, on behalf of Temple and Grenville, Grenville to Rigby, 16 July, 1767; Temple to Rigby, 16 July, 1767. Joint letter of Temple and Grenville, 17 July, 1767. declared their readiness to support a comprehensive administration, provided it adopted the capital measure of asserting and establishing the sovereignty of Great Britain over its Colonies. At
June 10th (search for this): chapter 7
New-York Assembly of 6 June, 1767. Message of Moore of 18 Nov. 1767. Board of Trade to the King, 7 May, 1768. and the Assembly went on as though nothing had happened. The health of Chatham was all the while growing worse; and his life began to be despaired of. His letters were kept from him. Lady Chatham to Grafton, North End, 31 July, 1767. Of the transactions that were going forward, he was scarce even a spectator, and seemed to be unconcerned in the event. De Guerchy to Choiseul, 10 June, 16 June, 8 July, 1767. T. Whately to Lord Temple, 30 July, 1767. About nine o'clock in the evening of the twentieth, the leaders of the two branches of the Oligarchy met at Newcastle House. When Rockingham had explained the purpose of the meeting, Bedford, on behalf of Temple and Grenville, Grenville to Rigby, 16 July, 1767; Temple to Rigby, 16 July, 1767. Joint letter of Temple and Grenville, 17 July, 1767. declared their readiness to support a comprehensive administration, provi
June 16th (search for this): chapter 7
Assembly of 6 June, 1767. Message of Moore of 18 Nov. 1767. Board of Trade to the King, 7 May, 1768. and the Assembly went on as though nothing had happened. The health of Chatham was all the while growing worse; and his life began to be despaired of. His letters were kept from him. Lady Chatham to Grafton, North End, 31 July, 1767. Of the transactions that were going forward, he was scarce even a spectator, and seemed to be unconcerned in the event. De Guerchy to Choiseul, 10 June, 16 June, 8 July, 1767. T. Whately to Lord Temple, 30 July, 1767. About nine o'clock in the evening of the twentieth, the leaders of the two branches of the Oligarchy met at Newcastle House. When Rockingham had explained the purpose of the meeting, Bedford, on behalf of Temple and Grenville, Grenville to Rigby, 16 July, 1767; Temple to Rigby, 16 July, 1767. Joint letter of Temple and Grenville, 17 July, 1767. declared their readiness to support a comprehensive administration, provided it ad
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d by France and America.—coalition of the King and the aristocracy. July—November, 1767. the anarchy in the Ministry was agreeable Chap. XXX.} 1767. July. to the King, for it enabled him to govern as well as to reign. Grafton made no tedious speeches in the closet, and had apprg him leave to treat with his own old associates, Chap. XXX.} 1767. July. though Grafton desired to effect through Gower a junction with the ompare 86. he surveyed calmly the condition of the Chap XXX.} 1767. July. chequered factions, which had been so freshly and so loosely put toe to Shelburne, 18 June, 1767. for the use of the Chap. XXX.} 1767. July. army, without specifications. This, by the advice of the Attorney We may as well demand one from you, cried Rich- Chap. XXX.} 1767. July. mond, Walpole's Memoirs, III. 80. that you never will disturb thingham to an audience; now that he had failed, he Chap XXX.} 1767. July. was received to make confession, that the country required a strong
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in over its Colonies. At this, Rockingham flew into a violent passion, and Bedford's Journal, 20 July, 1767; Durand to Choiseul, 28 July, 1767. complained of their calling on him and his friends for a declaration on American affairs; whatever answer he might give, they would throw a construction on his conduct to his disadvantage before the public. Rockingham to Dowdeswell in Cavendish Debates, i. 584. Rockingham to Hardwicke, in Albemarle, II. 50. This letter has the wrong date, of July 2 for July 20. Bedford insisted with firmness on the declaration. We may as well demand one from you, cried Rich- Chap. XXX.} 1767. July. mond, Walpole's Memoirs, III. 80. that you never will disturb that country again. Sandwich interposed to reconcile the difference Almon's Political Register, I. 204. by substituting an ambiguity for the explicit language of Grenville. Yet the same difficulty recurred on discussing the division of employments. In the House of Commons the lea
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Colonies. At this, Rockingham flew into a violent passion, and Bedford's Journal, 20 July, 1767; Durand to Choiseul, 28 July, 1767. complained of their calling on him and his friends for a declaration on American affairs; whatever answer he might give, they would throw a construction on his conduct to his disadvantage before the public. Rockingham to Dowdeswell in Cavendish Debates, i. 584. Rockingham to Hardwicke, in Albemarle, II. 50. This letter has the wrong date, of July 2 for July 20. Bedford insisted with firmness on the declaration. We may as well demand one from you, cried Rich- Chap. XXX.} 1767. July. mond, Walpole's Memoirs, III. 80. that you never will disturb that country again. Sandwich interposed to reconcile the difference Almon's Political Register, I. 204. by substituting an ambiguity for the explicit language of Grenville. Yet the same difficulty recurred on discussing the division of employments. In the House of Commons the lead must belo
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Burke to Rockingham, 18 August, 1767. A leader of a party had never Aug. done so much to diminish its influence. Very honest, truly liberal,t the head of the Treasury with less dissatisfac- Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. tion. He retained the confident expectation of an alliance Walpoe la main du Due de Choiseul. Your prayer will be Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. heard, answered Durand, then in London as Minister. Durand to Choreater than England in extent, and perhaps becom- Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. ing more populous, having fisheries, forests, shipping, corn, iron aive the prince who now sways the British sceptre Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. of millions of free subjects. Britannus Americanus, in Boston Gazd when it was con– sidered, that Mansfield and the Ministry declared Aug. some of the grants in colonial Charters to be nugatory on the groundr, in Boston Gazette, 648, 3, 1; 31 August, 1767. Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. they added, Our strength consists in union. Let us, above all, be o
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No date of the day. The P. S. is 22 August. The opposition during this reign will always be strong, for the cabinet will always be divided; but the genius of the nation, concentrating itself on commerce and Colonies, compensates the inferiority of the men in power, and makes great advances without their guidance. My position, observed Choiseul as he contemplated, alike in Asia and in America, the undisputed ascendency of the nation which he called his enemy, From the Dispatch of the fourth of August. is the most vexatious possible; I see the ill; I do not see the remedy. Anxious to send none but the most accurate accounts, Durand made many inquiries of Franklin, and asked for all his political writings. That intriguing nation, said Franklin, Franklin to his son, 28 August, 1767; Writings, VII. 357. would like very well to blow up the coals between Britain and her Colonies; but I hope we shall give them no opportunity. In England, observed Durand, Durand to Choiseul, 11 A
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f emancipating the whole colonial world was alluring to Choiseul; and he judged correctly of the nearness of the conflict. The die is thrown, said men in Boston, on hearing the Revenue Act had been carried through. The Rubicon is past. Compare the Narrative in Bernard to Shelburne, 14 Sept. 1767.—We will form one universal combination, it was whispered, to eat nothing, drink nothing, and wear nothing imported from Great Britain. Compare Letter of Hutchinson, 18 July, 1767. The Fourteenth of August was commemorated as the Anniversary of the first resistance to the Stamp Act. Memorial of Commissioners of Customs in America, to the Lord of the Treasury, 12 February, 1768. The intended appropriation of the new revenue, to make the crown officers independent of the people, stung the patriots to madness. Such counsels, they said, will deprive the prince who now sways the British sceptre Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. of millions of free subjects. Britannus Americanus, in Boston Gaze
August 22nd (search for this): chapter 7
liance than on the English constitution as it was, and the charitable purchase of venal boroughs by opulent noblemen of his connection. May the anarchy in the British government last for ages, wrote Choiseul. Choiseul to Durand, Cornpiegne, 4 August, 1767; La minute de cette Depeche étoit de la main du Due de Choiseul. Your prayer will be Chap. XXX.} 1767. Aug. heard, answered Durand, then in London as Minister. Durand to Choiseul, August, 1767. No date of the day. The P. S. is 22 August. The opposition during this reign will always be strong, for the cabinet will always be divided; but the genius of the nation, concentrating itself on commerce and Colonies, compensates the inferiority of the men in power, and makes great advances without their guidance. My position, observed Choiseul as he contemplated, alike in Asia and in America, the undisputed ascendency of the nation which he called his enemy, From the Dispatch of the fourth of August. is the most vexatious possi
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