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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 3: (search)
Stamp Paper and Parchment in all the British American colonies. that won for the proposition the consideration of the ministry. Thus had the future colonial policy of England been shadowed forth to statesmen, who were very willing to adopt it. Morris, the chief justice of New Jersey, Gov. Belcher to Partridge, 15 Nov., 1750. interested in lands in that province, and trained by his father to a hatred of popular power, was much listened to; and the indefatigable Shirley not quite successfulughts of the men in power, who were persuaded that all America was struggling to achieve a perfect legislative independence, and that New Jersey at least was in a slate of rebellion. At a great council in February, 1750, the Board of Trade R. H. Morris of New Jersey to the Governor of New York, 12 February, 1750. was commanded to propose such measures as would restore and establish the prerogative in its utmost extent throughout the colonies. Bedford, Earl of Lincoln to Clinton, 12 Febru
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 7: (search)
ling all offices; and in each instance the veto excited a great flame. The Assembly of Pennsylvania in March borrowed money and issued bills of credit by their own resolves, without the assent of the governor. They are the more dangerous, said Morris, because a future Assembly may use those chap. VII.} 1755. powers against the government by which they are now protected; and he openly and incessantly solicited the interference of England. The provincial press engaged in the strife. Redress, Williamsburg, and visited Annapolis; on the fourteenth day of April, he, with Commodore Keppel, held a congress at Alexandria. There were present, of the American governors, Shirley, now next to Braddock in military rank; Delancey, of New York; Morris, of Pennsylvania; Sharpe, of Maryland; and Dinwiddie, of Virginia. Braddock directed their attention, first of all, to the subject of colonial revenue, H. Sharpe to Lord Baltimore, 19 April, 1754. on which his instructions commanded him to in
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 8: (search)
honesty. The general is brave, said his secretary, young Shirley, Shirley the younger to R. H. Morris. and in pecuniary matters honest, but disqualified for the service he is employed in; and Washim; at last a bullet entered his right side, and he fell mortally wounded. Robert Orme to Gov. Morris, 18 July, 1755. He was with difficulty brought off the field, and borne in the train of the fr Life. 385. At Philadelphia nothing but victory had been anticipated. All looks well, wrote Morris; the force of Canada has vanished away in an instant; and of a sudden the news of Braddock's defnds to the king's use, in part by a tax on all estates, real and personal, within the province. Morris, obeying his instructions from the proprietaries, claimed exemption for their estates. The Asse that nothing could be done in their colonies without an act of parliament. Correspondence of Morris and Sharpe. Lt. Gov. Sharpe to Shirley, 24 August, 1755. The months that followed were mont