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isdiction of the Colonies, or their civil and political privileges. To get money was the rule of conduct, which included his whole administrative policy. Dunmore did not remain in New-York long enough to weary the legislature into a spirited resist- Chap XLVI.} 1770. Dec. ance. Its members remained steadfast in their purpose to connect loyalty with their regard for American liberty. On a charge of contempt of their authority, they kept MacDougall MacDougall's Account, New s Gaol, Dec. 22, 2770, in New-York Gazette of 24 Dec. 1770, and in Boston Gazette, No. 822. in prison during their session; at the same time, adopting the nomination made by Schuyler a year before, Journals of N. Y. Assembly for 10 Geo. III. pp. 44, 51, and 59. they unanimously elected Edmund Burke, for whom his own country had no employment, their Agent in England, allowing for his services at the rate of five hundred pounds per annum. Journals 11 Geo. III. p. 18. This moderation might have pers