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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 11: (search)
and the friends and agents of the colonies were invited to make the nominations; and they did so, Franklin Geo. III. c. XLV. C. Jenkinson to Secretary Pownall, 19 March, 1765. among the rest. You tell me, said the minister, you are poor, and unable to bear the tax; others tell me you are able. Now, take the business into your own hands; you will see how and where it pinches, and will certainly let us know it; in which case it shall be eased. Ingersoll to Assembly of Connecticut, Sept. 1765. Every agent in England believed the stamp tax chap. XI.} 1765. April. would be peacefully levied. Grenville's Speech, 5 March, 1770, in Cavendish, i. 494. Not one imagined the colonies would think of disputing the matter with parliament at the point of the sword. It is our duty to submit, had been the words of Otis. Otis's Rights of the Colonies, 40. We yield obedience to the act granting duties, Answer of the Council and House, 3 Nov. 1764. had been uttered solemnly by the l
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
Chapter 16: How the Stamp officers were Handled in America— administration of Rockingham. August—September, 1765. Six weeks and more before the news of the change of chap. XVI.} 1765. Aug. ministry was received in Boston, and while the passions of the public mind throughout the continent were still rising, Jared Ingersoll, of Connecticut, late agent for that province, now its stamp-master, arrived from England at Boston; and the names of the stamp distributors were published on thnders of the colonies, thanked God, that their pleasant homes in the western world abounded in the means of defence. Providence Gaz. Ex., 24 August, 1765. Lloyd's Conduct, 90, 91. That little turbulent colony, reported Gage, Gage to Lee, Sept. 1765. raised their mob likewise. And on the twenty-eighth day of August, after destroying the house and furniture of one Howard, who had written, and of one Moffat, who had spoken in favor of the power of parliament to tax America, they gathered ro
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
Chapter 17: America reasons against the Stamp Act—ministry of Rockingham continued. September, 1765. during these acts of compulsory submission, and chap. XVI.} 1765 Sept. while Boston, in a full town-meeting unanimously asked the pictures of Conway and Barre for Faneuil Hall, the Lords of the Treasury in England, Rockingham, Dowdeswell, and Lord John Cavendish being present, held meetings almost daily, to carry the Stamp Act into effect; and without any apparent reluctance, complxamination before Parliament. Letter from N. Y. in S. C. Gazette. cried the braggart James, major of artillery, as he busied himself with bringing into the fort more field-pieces, as well as powder, shot, and shells. A. Golden to C. Golden, Sept. 1765. If they attempt to rise, I, he gave out, will drive them all out of the town for a pack of rascals, with four-and-twenty men. James's Account of his Examination. But the press of New-York continued its daring. From denying the right of par