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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
nment at home might make but one work of bringing all the colonies under one form of government, Rev. Dr. S. Johnson to Benjamin Franklin, November, 1764. confidently hoping that the first news in the spring would be, bishops for America, and all charter governments dependent immediately on the king. Rev. Dr. S. Johnson to Archbishop Seeker, 20 Sept. 1764. In Rhode Island also, the few royalists made known in England their wish for a change of government. Letter from Newport, of Feb. 19, 1765, in Providence Gazette of 23 Feb. 1765. Compare Hutchinson to a friend in Rhode Island, 16 March, 1765, in Hutchinson's Letter Book, II. 132. The ministry, in December, were deliberating how to present the affairs of America to parliament. It was certain that the commons would be all but unanimous in their assertion of the power of parliament; and that the lords would be excited to insolent scorn by the opposite doctrine. The Board of Trade, Representation of the Board of Trade
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 11: (search)
roprietaries were but his hereditary governors. The people of America could not be taken out of the general and supreme jurisdiction of parliament. The authority of Yorke seemed conclusive: less than forty were willing to receive the petition of Virginia. A third from South Carolina, a fourth from Connecticut, though expressed in the most moderate language; a fifth from Massachusetts, though silent even about the question of right, all shared the same refusal. J. Mauduit's letter, 19 Feb. 1765. Journals of the House. That from New-York no one could be prevailed upon to offer. Ingersoll's Letters, 21. Letter of Charles, the agent for New-York, to the New-York Committee, 9 Feb. 1765. Ms. Memorandum of Geo. Chalmers. That from Rhode Island, offered by Sherwood, its faithful agent, claimed by their charter, under a royal promise, equal rights with their fellow-subjects in Great Britain; and insisted that the colony had faithfully kept their part of the compact; but it was as