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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 33: (search)
elf took precedence Moore to Shelburne, 5 March, 1768; Gage to Lord Barrington, 28 March, 1768; Hillsborough to Moore, 14 May, 1768. Moore to Hillsborough, 19 August, 1768, &c. of the Governor, was ordered to maintain the public tranquillity. Hillsborough to Gage, 23 April, 1768. But it was characteristic of Massachusetts, that the peace had not been broken. The power of Parliament was denied, but not resisted. Things are fast hastening to a crisis, said Eliot Andrew Eliot to Thomas Hollis, 18 April, 1768. of Boston. Yet none desponded. The people were persuaded that England had greater cause to fear the loss of their trade, than they the withholding of her protection. The grand design of God in the settlement of New England, Boston Gazette, 25 April, 1768, 682, 1, 3. began to be more clearly discerned. Some enthusiasts saw in this western Continent the wilderness spoken of in the vision of the Evangelist John, as the asylum Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. April. of persecut
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 34: (search)
let, Du Chatelet to Choiseul, 21 June, 1768. have no longer need of support from the British Crown, and see in the projects of their metropolis measures of tyranny and oppression. I apprehend a breach between the two countries, owned Franklin. Franklin to his Son, 2 July, 1768. Works, VII. 411. Franklin to Joseph Galloway, 2 July, 1768; Works, VII. 412. I was always of opinion since the accession of George the Third, that matters would issue the way you now expect, wrote Hollis T. Hollis to A. Eliot, 1 July, 1768. to a New England man, who predicted independence; you are an ungracious people. There is original sin in you. You are assertors of Liberty, and the principles of the Revolution. The whole body of the people of New Hampshire were resolved to stand or fall with the Massachusetts. It is best, counselled the good Langdon Samuel Langdon to Ezra Stiles, 6 July, 1768. of Portsmouth, for the Americans to let the King know the utmost of their resolutions, and the
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 36: (search)
s Government. Chap. XXXVI.} 1768. Sept. Nine tenths of the people considered the declaration of the Council just. Hutchinson to T. Whately, Boston, 4 Oct. 1768. Throughout the Province they were ripe for almost any thing. Andrew Eliot to T. Hollis, 27 Sept. 1768. The British Ministry, never dared seriously to insist on the provision for the troops required by the Billeting Act. The Convention, which remained but six days in session, repeated the Protest of Massachusetts against taxatights, relying on Him who ruleth according to his pleasure, with unerring wisdom and irresistible influence, in the hearts of the children of men. Compare Frances to Choiseul, 21 Sept. 1768; and Same to Same, 23 Sept. 1768. Also A. Eliot, to T. Hollis, 27 Sept, 1768, and Same to Same, 17 Oct. 1768. They then dissolved themselves, leaving the care for the public to the Council. This was the first great example in America of the Fabian policy; the first restoration of affairs by Chap. XXX
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 37: (search)
etter of Hutchinson toβ€”β€”β€”, 8 Dec. 1768. when they know death Chap. XXXVII.} 1768. Oct. by the sword, or the halter will be the consequence.-Great Britain, remarked a wise observer, will sooner or later repent her mistaken policy. A Eliot to T. Hollis, 17 Oct. 1768. Dalrymple encamped the twenty-ninth regiment, which had field equipage; for the rest, he demanded quarters of the Selectmen. They knew the law too well to comply; but as the night was cold, the compassion of the inhabitants th an exulting countenance, and an air of complacency, buoyant with the prospect of rising one step higher. The soldiers liked the country they were come to, and, sure that none would betray them, soon deserted in numbers. Andrew Eliot to Thomas Hollis, 17 Oct. 1768. The Commissioners were more haughty than before, and gratified their malignity by arresting Hancock and Malcom on charges, confidently made but never established. Gage to Hillsborough, No. 19 and No. 28, 5 March, 1769. All w<
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 38: (search)
d, that the power of moderation which the people of Boston had displayed, was like the fortitude of veteran troops, who Chap. XXXVIII} 1768. Nov. wait unmoved by danger, till the word is given. They act with highest wisdom and spirit, said Thomas Hollis; T. Hollis to A. Eliot. they will extricate themselves with firmness and magnanimity. But most men ex pressed contempt for them, as having made a vain bluster. The apparent success, of which the account reached London just four days befoT. Hollis to A. Eliot. they will extricate themselves with firmness and magnanimity. But most men ex pressed contempt for them, as having made a vain bluster. The apparent success, of which the account reached London just four days before the meeting of Parliament, was regarded as a victory. Americans in London were told with a sneer that they should soon have the company of Otis and others. Letter from London, 20 Nov. 1768; in Boston Gazette, 721, 3, 3, of 23 Jan. 1769. No one doubted but that, on the arrival of the additional regiments sent from Ireland, he and Cushing, and sixteen other members of the late political assemblies, would be arrested. Frances to Choiseul, 4 Nov. 1768. Hillsborough hastened to send Bernar
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 39: (search)
l of New-York Assembly for 31 Dec. 1768, p. 70. Governor Moore to Hillsborough, 4 January, 1769; Compare Same to Same, 30 March, 1769, and Same to Same, 3 June, 1769. with un- Chap. XXXIX.} 1769. Jan. surpassed distinctness, Andrew Eliot to T. Hollis, 29 January, 1769. Hutchinson to Richard Jackson, Jan. 1769. and appointing an intercolonial committee of correspondence. Compare R. R. Livingston to R. Livingston, 12 Dec. 1768. The New Year brought a dissolution Moore to Hillsborouwed their opinions more boldly than ever. Parliament will offer you a share in the representative body, said the royalists; and the suggestion was always indignantly spurned, since a true representation was impossible. E Compare A. Eliot to T. Hollis, 29 Jan. 1769. Boston may be deprived of its trade, thus they foreshadowed the policy adopted five years later. What then? it was asked. Will the decline of British credit be remedied by turning our sea-ports into villages? Governor Bernard
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 46: (search)
st city in the Colonies, then having five thousand and thirty white inhabitants, with five thousand eight hundred and thirtythree blacks, State of South Carolina, by Lieut. Gov. Bull, 30 Nov. 1770. commerce resumed its wonted activity in every thing but tea. Lieut. Gov. Bull to the Secretary of State, 13 Dec. 1770. For a moment rumors of war between Great Britain and the united Kings of France and Spain, Chap. XLVI.} 1770. Dec. gave hope of happy effects. Compare A. Eliot to T. Hollis, 26 Jan. 1771. But this also failed. England, following the impulse given by Lord Egmont during the administration of Grenville, had taken possession of the Falkland Islands, as forming the key to the Pacific. Spain, claiming all that part of the world as her own, sent a fleet of five frigates which drove the English from their wooden block-house, and after detaining them twenty days, left them to return to England. The English Ministry, willing to abandon Port Egmont, demanded of the S
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 48: (search)
e whole people Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Nov. might dictate measures for the rescue of their happy and glorious Constitution. These worthy New Englanders, cried Chatham, as he read the Report, ever feel as old Englanders ought to do. Chatham to T. Hollis, Burton Pynsent, 3 Feb. 1773. It may reasonably be asked what England was gaining by the controversy with America. The Commissioners of the Stamp Office were just then settling their accounts for their expenses in America; which were found Earl of Chatham was reading several New England writings with admiration and love; among others an Election Sermon by Tucker, in which he found the divine Sydney rendered practical, and the philosophical Locke more demonstrative; Chatham to T. Hollis, 29 Dec. 1772. and on the very same day, the people of the little town of Chatham, at the extremity of Cape Cod, were declaring their civil and religious principles to be the sweetest and essential part of their lives, without which the Chap.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 49: (search)
Committee of Boston; in the handwriting of Thos. Gardner. Original Papers in my possession. The Colonies must assert their liberties whenever Chap. XLIX.} 1773. April. the opportunity offers; wrote Dickinson from Pennsylvania. John Dickinson to Samuel Adams, Fairhill, 10 April, 1773. The opportunity was nearer than he thought; in England Chatham saw plainly, that things were hastening to a crisis at Boston, and looked forward to the issue with very painful anxiety. Chatham to T. Hollis, 18 April, 1773. It was the King who precipitated the conflict. He had no dread of the interposition of France, for that power, under the Ministry of the day, feared lest the enfranchisement of the Anglo-American Colonies should create a dangerous rival power to itself, Memoire sur L'Angleterre, in Angleterre, Tome 502. and was eager to fortify the good understanding with England by a defensive treaty, or at least by a treaty of commerce. Dispatches of Aiguillon to de Guines in Marc
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