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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 5: (search)
f their illicit dealings with the Spanish main, he recommended to Bute the more rigid enforcement of the laws of navigation; and on the very day on which the bill for a regular plantation revenue was reported to the house, he was put on a committee to carry his counsel into effect. March had not ended when a bill was brought in, Journals of the House of Commons, XXIX. 609. Statutes at large, VII. 443. 3 George III. chap. XXII. Lieut. Governor Hutchinson's private letter to R. Jackson, 17 Sept. departments of public offices, and to 1763. Admiral Colville to Lieut.; Gov. Colden, 14 Oct. 1763; also Egremont's Circular of 9 July, 1763. giving authority to employ the ships, seamen and officers of the navy as custom-house officers and informers. The measure was Grenville's own, and it was rapidly carried through; so that in three short weeks it became lawful, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to Cape Florida, for each commander of an armed vessel to stop and examine, and, in case of
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
vernment at the time of the conquest, might be legally collected by the authority of the British king. Mansfield to Grenville, 24 Dec. 1764. But arbitrary taxation was the only relic of French usages which was retained. All the laws, customs, and forms of judicature Gov. Carlton to Sec. of State, 24 Dec. 1767. of a populous and long-established colony were in one hour Murray to Shelburne, 80 Aug. 1766. Carlton to Shelburne, 20 Jan. 1768. overturned by the ordinance of the seventeenth of September; and English laws, even the penal statutes against Catholics, all unknown to the Canadians, and unpublished, were introduced in their stead. The improper choice and the number of the civil officers sent over from England, increased the disquietude of the colony. The ignorant, the greedy, and the factious, were appointed to offices which required integrity, knowledge, and abilities. Murray to Shelburne, 80 Aug. 1766. Mansfield to Grenville, 24 Dec. 1764. The judge pitched upo
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
was decreed our Saviour should suffer; but was it better for Judas Iscariot to betray him, so that the price of his blood might be saved by his friends? The multitude, surrounding his house, demanded if he would resign. I know not, he replied, if I have power to resign. But he promised, if stamps came to him, to re-ship them, or leave his doors open to the people to do with them as they would. New Haven, his own town, spoke out with authority in town-meeting. On Tuesday, the seventeenth of September, they elected as one of their representatives Roger Sherman, one of the great men of his time, a farmer's son, who had been educated at the common school, after the custom of New England, and having begun life as a shoemaker by trade, developed high capacity as a jurist and a statesman. They next, by public vote, earnestly desired Ingersoll to resign his stamp office immediately. The vote is needless, interposed a friend. I shall await, said Ingersoll, to see how the General Asse
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 11: (search)
illiant abilities, is equal to most men in popular intrigue, and the management of a faction. He eats little, drinks little, sleeps little, and thinks much, and is most decisive and indefatigable in the pursuit of his objects. He was the man who, by his superior application managed at once the faction in congress at Philadelphia, and the factions in New England. One express had brought from Massachusetts the proceedings of Middlesex; another having now arrived, on Saturday, the seventeenth of September, the delegates of Massachusetts laid before congress the address of the Suffolk county convention to Gage, on his seizure of the provincial stock of powder and his hostile occupation of the only approach to Boston by land; and the resolutions of the same convention which declared that no obedience was due to the acts of parliament affecting their colony. As the papers were read, expressions of esteem, love and admiration broke forth in generous and manly eloquence. In language w
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 9: (search)
same time the American minister at the court of France was instructed to concert with that powder a mutual guarantee of their rights in the fisheries as enjoyed before the war. The plan for a treaty with Spain lingered a month Chap. IX.} 1779. Sept. 17. longer. On the seventeenth of September, congress offered to guarantee to his Catholic majesty the Floridas, if they should fall into his power, provided always that the United States shall enjoy the free navigation of the Mississippi, into anseventeenth of September, congress offered to guarantee to his Catholic majesty the Floridas, if they should fall into his power, provided always that the United States shall enjoy the free navigation of the Mississippi, into and from the sea. Secret Journals, II. 249. The great financial distress of the states was also to be made known to his Catholic majesty, in the hope of a subsidy or a guarantee of a loan to the amount of five millions of dollars. Ibid., II. 263. On the twenty-sixth of September, congress pro- 26. ceeded to ballot for a minister to negotiate peace; John Adams being nominated by Laurens, of South Carolina, while Smith, of Virginia, proposed Jay, who was the candidate favored by the Frenc
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 29: (search)
sts which ought to bring them nearer together. We have each lost consideration in our furious desire to do each other harm. Let us change principles that are so erroneous. Let us reunite, and we shall stop all revolutions in Europe. By revolutions he meant the division of Poland, the encroachments on Turkey, and the attempt of the court of Vienna to bring Italy under its control by seizing the fine harbors of Dalmatia. There is another object, continued Shelburne, Chap. XXIX.} 1782. Sept. 17. which makes a part of my political views; and that is the destruction of monopoly in commerce. I regard that monopoly as odious, though the English nation, more than any other, is tainted with it. I flatter myself I shall be able to come to an understanding with your court upon this subject, as well as upon our political amalgamation. I have spoken to the king on all these points. I have reason to believe that when we shall have made peace the most frank cordiality will be established b
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 15., Medford mining matters. (search)
ord mining matters. WE asked, in a recent issue of the Register, for information relative to a Medford silver mine. We are now answering our own query, though not as fully as we might wish. We have no scheme to promote, or mining stock for sale. The subject is simply one of historic interest, and worthy of record. We naturally turn to the files of the press for information of this mining operation of 1881. The Medford Mercury, then in its first year of publication, under date of September 17, tells of a visit made by reporters of four Boston dailies. The occasion was enlivened by the presence of ladies, and somebody's Old Bill furnished the motive power up Forest street to the Spot Pond house. From thence the party walked through the woods to the scene of operations. There the writer, who signs himself S. W. G., had a half-hour interview with Mr. Harrigan, from which he deduced the following:— This mine was discovered by F. W. Morandi of Malden, who was wandering throu
The Daily Dispatch: November 21, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
tsin. Chappell's extensive Piano factory in London has been destroyed by fire, and twenty persons were injured. The telegraph cable to connect Singapore and Rangoon, is about to leave England. Its length is 1,300 miles. Fresh troops had left Turin for Naples. The corn crop in Italy is deficient. In London the demand for money is full, but there was no pressure. There is some doubt whether the Bank will raise the rate of interest. A dispatch from Hong Kong, September 17, reports teas as unchanged. Silks have declined. England. The Chinese War.--The Times' leading article of Monday says: The government has made haste to publish such part of the dispatches from the Peiho as they think fit to be generally known. The most perfect harmony reigns throughout the expedition. Sir Hope Grand and Gen. De Montauban are like brothers in command. Sir Hope is eager to report how cordially and sincerely our French allies have co-operated with us, and what admira
The Daily Dispatch: November 19, 1860., [Electronic resource], From the South. (search)
to save the Union must be fruitless. Appeals to conservative men to take the secession movement in their own hand the only method of avoiding evil consequences which might result from its consumption when in less cautious hands, as the inevitable consequence must be revolution. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 18. --It is the general impression that Senator Toombs has not yet resigned, but he says he will resign on the 3rd of March, unless Georgia sooner secedes. Milledgeville, Ga., Nov. 17.--Affairs have been much quieter since Wednesday night, when Hon. A. H. Stephens made a conservative speech. It acted like oil on the troubled waters, and all parties are now disposed to act coolly and considerately. To-day, the bill calling a State Convention passed the Senate unanimously. The election of delegates takes place on the 9th of January and the convention meets on the Wednesday following. The preamble of the convention bill reads. Whereas, the present crisis in nati
The Daily Dispatch: September 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Tennessee and Kentucky. (search)
Reniors — paper currency — Failure of Mails, &c. Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 17. Since my last we have had all kinds of rumores in relation to military matiers in the Western part of the State and elsewhere.--All the reports which we have from the neighborhood of Kanawha, go to prove that severe fighting has taken place in the vicinity of Ganley river, between the forces of General Floyd and Rosencranz, and from what can be learned of Wise, it is more than likely that his forces, too, haye been engaged. The tenor of what news we learn here, (which romes to us by a different route from which you get your reports.) go to confirm the main points as reported via Lewisburg, viz; that the Federals were badly whipped, with a loss of about 400 killed and over 1,000 wounded, while our loss was very slight--one killed and a few wounded; but that Floyd was compelled to fall back from his entronched position and recross Ganley river, for fear of being cut off from his provisions by the advan
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