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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 8: (search)
honest chap. VIII.} 1763 Sept. and independent Jackson. Grenville therefore adopted Walpole's Geo. III., III. 32: Grenville adopted, from Lord Bute, a plan of taxation formed by Jenkinson. the measure which was devolved upon him, and his memory must consent, as he himself consented, that it should be christened by his name. Grenville, in Cavendish. It was certainly Grenville, who first brought this scheme into form. Burke's Speech on American taxation, Works, i. 460. He doubted the propriety of taxing colonies, without allowing them representatives; Knox: Extra-official State Papers, II. 31; and Grenville to Knox, 4 Sept. 1768; and Grenville to T. Pownall. but he loved power, and placed his chief hopes on the favor of parliament; and the parliament of that day contemplated the increased debt of England with terror, knew not that the resources of the country were increasing in a still greater proportion, and insisted on throwing a part of the public burdens upon America.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 9: (search)
t. Nor did he contribute to confer paramount authority on the military officers in America. Pownall's Administration of the Colonies. Second Edition, 69, and compare the edition of 1776, i. 101.easure, and could not conceal his joy at its adoption. Calvert to Sharpe, in many leters. Thomas Pownall, the fribble, Samuel Adams's opinion of Thomas Pownall. who had been Governor of MassachuThomas Pownall. who had been Governor of Massachusetts, and is remembered as one who grew more and more liberal as he grew old, openly contended for an American revenue to be raised by customs on trade, a stamp-duty, a moderate land-tax in lieu of qbe united indissolubly with the mother country by one comprehensive commercial system. Even Thomas Pownall, once governor of Massachusetts, who, not destitute of liberal feelings, had repeatedly predplantations, and with firmness and candor entering seriously upon regulating their affairs; T. Pownall's Administration of the Colonies. First edition, March or April, 1764 Dedication to George Gr
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 11: (search)
l power. Compare Grenville's speech in the debate of 25 April, 1770, in Cavendish, i. 551; also the first editions of Pownall's Administration of the Colonies oppose the keeping up a military force; and these editions were but a ministerial pamph 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 Imposed by Parliament Examined, 1765. the agent for Georgia, wrote publicly in its favor. The honest but eccentric Thomas Pownall, who had been so much in the colonies, and really had an affection for them, congratulated Grenville in advance, on tld see derived to Great Britain and to the colonies from his firmness and candor in conducting the American business. Pownall's Dedication to George Grenville of the second edition of his Administration of the Colonies. Still less did the sta
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
heir meeting-house among the primeval forests of beech and maple; and, in a word, enjoyed the chap. XIV.} 1765. June. flourishing state which springs from rural industry, intelligence, and unaffected piety. They called their village Bennington. The royal officers at New-York, disposed anew of that town, as well as of others near it, so that the king was known to the settlers near the Green Mountains, chiefly by his agents, who had knowingly sold his lands twice over. Hutchinson to Gov. Pownall, 10 July, 1765. In this way, the soil of Bennington became a fit battle-ground for independence. Events like these sowed the seeds of discontent; but still there was no present relief for America, unless union could be perfected. Union was the hope of Otis—union that should knit and work into the very blood and bones of the original system every region, as fast as settled. Yet how comprehensive and how daring the idea! The traditions of the Board of Trade branded it as mutinous.
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
air, he shouted, Liberty and Property, Liberty and Property, Liberty and Property; on which the multitude gave three loud huzzas. After dinner, a cavalcade, which by this time had increased to the number of near one thousand men, escorted him along the road, studded with farm houses, from Wethersfield into Hartford, and dismounted within twenty yards of the house where the Assembly was sitting. The main body, led by Durkee, The name is Durgie in my copy of Hutchinson's Letter to Governor Pownall, October, 1765. Ingersoll, in his account, is careful to name no one. Connecticut Courant, 27 Sept, 1765. with their white cudgels in their hands, marched in ranks, four abreast, to the sound of trumpets, round the court-house, and formed into a semicircle. Ingersoll was then directed to read the paper which he had signed, and he did so, within the hearing and presence of the Legislature. Connecticut Courant, No. 483. This was succeeded by the cry of Liberty and Property, and three
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 20: (search)
o was unwearied in his efforts to promote its repeal, no hope was given of relief; and though the committee of merchants, who on the twelfth day of December waited on Rockingham, Dowdeswell, chap. XX.} 1765. Dec. Conway, and Dartmouth, were received with dispassionate calmness, it was announced that the right to tax Americans could never be given up; and that a suspension was the most that could be expected. Letter from London of 14 Dec. 1765, in Boston Gazette, 24 Feb. 1766. Compare T. Pownall to Hutchinson, 3 Dec. 1765, and a letter of Franklin of 6 Jan. 1766. The successive accounts from America grieved the king more and more. Where this spirit will end, said he, is not to be said. It is undoubtedly the most serious matter that ever came before parliament, Geo. III. to Conway, 6 Dec. and he urged for it deliberation, candor, and temper. He was highly provoked Conway to Gage, 15 Dec. by the riots in New-York; and the surrender of the stamps to the municipality of
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 21: (search)
resumed To hold that the king, by the concession of a charter, can exempt a family or a colony from taxation by parliament, degrades the constitution of England. If the colonies, instead of throwing off entirely the authority of parliament, had presented a petition to send to it deputies elected among themselves, this step would have marked their attachment to the crown and their affection for the mother country, and would have merited attention. French Precis. Geo. Grenville to T. Pownall, 17 July, 1768. The stamp act is but the pretext of which they make use to arrive at independence. French Precis. It was thoroughly considered, and not hurried at the end of a session. It passed through the different stages in full houses, with only one division on it. When I proposed to tax America, I asked the house, if any gentleman would object to the right; I repeatedly asked it, and no man would attempt to deny it. Protection and obedience are reciprocal. Great Britain prote