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Venice (Italy) (search for this): chapter 14
. But the arbitrary and passionate conduct of Ulloa, the depreciation of the currency with the prospect of its becoming an almost total loss, the disputes respecting the expenses of the Colony since the cession in 1762, the interruption of commerce, a captious ordinance which made a private monopoly of the traffic with the Indians, uncertainty of jurisdiction and allegiance, agitated the Colony from one end to the other. It was proposed to make of New Orleans a republic, like Amsterdam or Venice; with a legislative body of forty men, and a single executive. The people in the country parishes met together; crowded in a mass into the city; joined those of New Orleans; and formed a numerous assembly, in which - Lafeniere, John Milhet, Joseph Milhet, and the lawyer Chap. XXXVII} 1768. Oct. Doucet were conspicuous. Why, said they, should the two sovereigns form agreements which can have no result but our misery without advantage to either? On the twenty-fifth of October they adopted
Grafton, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
the French Embassy at London, 21 August, 1768. but the British Ministry had less discernment. Yielding to the daily Grafton's Autobiography. importunities of the King, Grafton prepared to dismiss Shelburne. Compare Frances to Choiseul, 7 Oct their justly dissatisfied benefactor, as brooding over his own suspicions and discontent. Lord Camden to the Duke of Grafton, 29 Sept. 1768; in Campbell's Chancellors, v. 277. I will never retire upon a scanty income, he added, unless I should b The King awaited anxiously the result of the interview; Lady Chatham's Memorandum of a conversation with the Duke of Grafton, 9 Oct. 1768. Chatham Corr. III. 337. and notwithstanding the warning, Shelburne was removed. To Camden's surprise, Camden to the Duke of Grafton, 14 Oct. 1768. Though I was apprehensive that Lord Shelburne's dismissal would make a deep impression upon Lord Chatham's mind, yet I did not expect this sudden resignation. the resignation of Chatham instantly follow
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
lic. The treaty of Paris left two European Powers sole sovereigns of the continent of North America. Spain, accepting Louisiana with some hesitation, lost France as the bulwark of her possessions, and assumed new expenses and new dangers, with onlliction and their loyalty, and not to sever them from his dominions. Gayarre Histoire de la Louisiane, II. 134, 135. Louisiana as a French Colony, by the Same, III. 127, 128. At Paris, their envoy, John Milhet, the wealthiest Chap. XXXVII.} d French officers. In May of the same year, the Spanish restrictive Chap. XXXVII.} 1768. Oct. system was applied to Louisiana; in September, an ordinance compelled French vessels having special permits to accept the paper currency in pay for theman's Mississippi: Appendix. Ulloa retreated to Havana, and sent his representations to Spain; while the inhabitants of Louisiana took up the idea of a republic, as the alternative to their renewed connection with France. They elected their own Tre
Bienville (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
Assembly sprang into being, representing every parish in the Colony; and at the instance of Lafreniere, they resolved unanimously to entreat the King of France to be touched with their affliction and their loyalty, and not to sever them from his dominions. Gayarre Histoire de la Louisiane, II. 134, 135. Louisiana as a French Colony, by the Same, III. 127, 128. At Paris, their envoy, John Milhet, the wealthiest Chap. XXXVII.} 1768. Oct. merchant of New Orleans, met with a friend in Bienville, the time-honored founder of New Orleans, and assisted by the gushing tears and the memory of the early services of the venerable octogenarian, he appealed to the heart of Choiseul. It may not be, answered Choiseul; France cannot bear the charge of supporting the Colony's precarious existence. On the tenth of July 1765, the austere and unamiable Aubry to Lieut. Gov. Brown, 11 Nov. 1768. Aubry to the French Minister, 30 March, 1766, in Gayarre II. 157. Antonio De Ulloa, by a letter
France (France) (search for this): chapter 14
ca. Spain, accepting Louisiana with some hesitation, lost France as the bulwark of her possessions, and assumed new expensefreniere, they resolved unanimously to entreat the King of France to be touched with their affliction and their loyalty, and the heart of Choiseul. It may not be, answered Choiseul; France cannot bear the charge of supporting the Colony's precarioession of that city for the Catholic King; but the flag of France was still left flying, and continued to attract Acadian exRights, they claimed freedom of commerce with the ports of France and America, and the expulsion of Ulloa from the Colony. y nine hundred men, amidst shouts of Long live the King of France; we will have no King but him. Aubry to Lieut. Gov. Broublic, as the alternative to their renewed connection with France. They elected their own Treasurer, and syndics to represem and the Catholic King. Their hope was to be a Colony of France or a free Commonwealth. Ulloa to the Spanish Minister,
Halifax (Canada) (search for this): chapter 14
Chapter 37: The Celtic-American Republic on the banks of the Mississippi. September—October, 1768. on Wednesday the twenty-eighth of September, Chap. XXXVII} 1768. Sept. just after the Convention broke up, the squadron from Halifax arrived, and anchored at noon in Nantasket Bay. It brought not two regiments only, but artillery also, which Bernard, by a verbal message, had specially requested. Dalrymple, the commander of the troops, expressed infinite surprise that no quarters hasentiment of the whole, and substitute in its room the opinion of individuals, than which nothing can be more uncertain. While Hood meditated embarking for Boston to winter there, Commodore Hood to Mr. Stephens, Secretary of the Admiralty; Halifax, 12 Oct. 1768. Gage came from New-York to demand, in person, quarters for the regiments in the town. The Council would grant none till the barracks at the Castle were filled. Gage to Commodore Hood, 18 Oct. 1768. The Governor and the She
Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
cy in pay for their cargoes, at an arbitrary tariff of prices. The extension and freedom of trade, remonstrated the merchants, far from injuring States and Colonies, are their strength and support. The ordinance was suspended; but not till the alarm had destroyed all commerce. Unable to take possession of his office, Ulloa in September retired from New Orleans, to reside at the Balise. Gage to Shelburne, 17 January, 1767. Compare Aubry to Gage, 17 June, 1767. It was only there and in Missouri, opposite Natchez, and at the river Iberville, that Spanish jurisdiction was directly exercised. This state of things continued for a little more than two years. But the arbitrary and passionate conduct of Ulloa, the depreciation of the currency with the prospect of its becoming an almost total loss, the disputes respecting the expenses of the Colony since the cession in 1762, the interruption of commerce, a captious ordinance which made a private monopoly of the traffic with the Indians
Paris, Ky. (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
d not to pay their money without their own consent, Samuel Adams to Dennys De Berdt, 3 Oct. 1768. and were more than ever determined to relinquish every article that came from Britain, till the obnoxous acts should be repealed and the troops removed. With no hysteric weakness, or feverish excitement, they preserved their peace and patience, leaving the event to God. It was on the banks of the Mississippi, that uncontrolled impulses first unfurled the flag of a Republic. The treaty of Paris left two European Powers sole sovereigns of the continent of North America. Spain, accepting Louisiana with some hesitation, lost France as the bulwark of her possessions, and assumed new expenses and new dangers, with only the negative advantage of keeping the territory from England. Grimaldi to Fuentes, 11 May, 1767; in Gayarre, II. 160. Its inhabitants were of French origin, and loved the land of their ancestry; by every law of nature and human freedom, they had the right to protest a
Romney (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 14
as summoned, at which Smith, the commanding officer of the fleet, and Dalrymple, were present. After much altercation, the Council adhered to the law; and the Governor to his declaration of a total want of power to do any thing in his province. Dalrymple to Gage, 2 Oct. 1768. Since that resolution was taken to rise in arms in open rebellion, wrote Gage, Gage to Bernard, 2 Oct. 1768. I don't see any cause to be scrupulous. On the following day the whole squadron was anchored near the Romney, Captain Smith to Commodore Hood, 5 Oct. 1768. off Castle William, in the hope to intimidate Chap. XXXVII.} 1768. Sept. the Council; but without success. At that moment Montresor, the engineer, arrived express from General Gage, to assist in recovering the Castle, if he should find it in the hands of the rebels; and he brought an order to land not one but both the regiments within the settled part of the town of Boston itself. Bernard to Hillsborough, 1 Oct. 1768. Letters to the Min
Department de Ville de Paris (France) (search for this): chapter 14
sly to entreat the King of France to be touched with their affliction and their loyalty, and not to sever them from his dominions. Gayarre Histoire de la Louisiane, II. 134, 135. Louisiana as a French Colony, by the Same, III. 127, 128. At Paris, their envoy, John Milhet, the wealthiest Chap. XXXVII.} 1768. Oct. merchant of New Orleans, met with a friend in Bienville, the time-honored founder of New Orleans, and assisted by the gushing tears and the memory of the early services of the vions to Spain; while the inhabitants of Louisiana took up the idea of a republic, as the alternative to their renewed connection with France. They elected their own Treasurer, and syndics to represent the mass of the Colony; sent their envoys to Paris with supplicatory letters to the Duke of Orleans and the Prince of Conti; and memorialized the French Monarch to stand as intercessor between them and the Catholic King. Their hope was to be a Colony of France or a free Commonwealth. Ulloa to
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