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1768. Wm. Pitkin to W. S. Johnson, 6 June, 1768; Wm. Pitkin to Richard Jackson, 10 June, 1768. At New-York the merchants held a meeting to Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. May. join with the inhabitants of Boston in the agreement not to import from Great Britain; and against the opinion of the Governor, the royal Council held, that the meetings were legal; that the people did but assemble to establish among themselves certain rules of economy; that as they were masters of their own fortune, they had y, 11 June, 1768. Narrative of Facts relative to American Affairs. and the little castle of William and Mary was to be occupied and repaired. Hillsborough to Gage, 8 June, and to Bernard, 11 June, 1768. This first act of hostility on the part of Great Britain was adopted at a time when America thought of nothing more than peaceable petitioning and passive resistance by a non-importation agreement, which the adverse interests and disinclination of the merchants had as yet rendered void.
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y. 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 persecuted multitudes, to whom the wings of a Great Eagle had been given to bear them to the place prepared by God for their rest from tribulation. Meantime, on Saturday, the second day of April, the Assembly of Virginia read the Circular letter fro
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nimously confirmed. A committee of twelve, including Bland and Archibald Cary, prepared a Petition to the King, a Memorial to the House of Lords, and a Remonstrance to the House of Commons, which, after being carefully considered and amended, were unanimously adopted. On Friday, the fifteenth, Bland invited a conference with the Council; and the Council with Blair, Blair to Hillsborough, 18 May, 1768, inclosing the Virginia Petition, Memorial and Remonstrance. as acting President after Fauquier's death, agreed to the papers which the House had prepared, and which were penned in a still bolder style than those from Massa- Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. April. chusetts. After this the Burgesses of Virginia, to fulfil all their duty, not only assured Massachusetts of their applause for its attention to American Liberty, but also directed their Speaker to write to the respective Speakers of all the Assemblies on the Continent, to make known their proceedings, and to intimate how necessary
Boston Harbor (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
the Ministry in England re- June. ceived the letters of March from the Commissioners of the Customs and from Bernard, and totally misconceiving the state of things, Hillsborough, on the eighth of June, peremptorily ordered Gage to send a regiment to continue permanently in Boston, for the assistance of the civil magistrates and the officers of the revenue. Hillsborough to Gage, 8 June, 1768. The Admiralty was also directed to send one frigate, two sloops, and two cutters to remain in Boston harbor; Hillsborough to the Lords of the Admiralty, 11 June, 1768. Narrative of Facts relative to American Affairs. and the little castle of William and Mary was to be occupied and repaired. Hillsborough to Gage, 8 June, and to Bernard, 11 June, 1768. This first act of hostility on the part of Great Britain was adopted at a time when America thought of nothing more than peaceable petitioning and passive resistance by a non-importation agreement, which the adverse interests and disinc
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House of Lords, and a Remonstrance to the House of Commons, which, after being carefully considered and amended, were unanimously adopted. On Friday, the fifteenth, Bland invited a conference with the Council; and the Council with Blair, Blair to Hillsborough, 18 May, 1768, inclosing the Virginia Petition, Memorial and Remonstrance. as acting President after Fauquier's death, agreed to the papers which the House had prepared, and which were penned in a still bolder style than those from Massa- Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. April. chusetts. After this the Burgesses of Virginia, to fulfil all their duty, not only assured Massachusetts of their applause for its attention to American Liberty, but also directed their Speaker to write to the respective Speakers of all the Assemblies on the Continent, to make known their proceedings, and to intimate how necessary they thought it, that the Colonies should unite in a firm but decent opposition to every measure which might affect their rights a
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ulated to inflame the minds of the people, to promote an unwarrantable combination, and to excite open opposition to the authority of Parliament. You will therefore, said he, Hillsborough's Circular Letter, 21 April, 1768, as addressed to Rhode Island, in Prior Documents, 220. exert your utmost influence to prevail Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. April. upon the Assembly of your Province to take no notice of it, which will be treating it with the contempt it deserves.—If they give any countenance to this seditious paper, it will be your duty to prevent any proceedings upon it by an immediate prorogation or dissolution. See Hillsborough's letter as sent to Maryland. This clause was omitted from the letter sent to Rhode Island. This order he sent even to the Governor of Pennsylvania, who, by its Charter, had no power to prorogue or dissolve an Assembly. Massachusetts was told, that the King considered their resolutions contrary to the sense of the Assembly, and procured by surprise. You
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pril. of persecuted multitudes, to whom the wings of a Great Eagle had been given to bear them to the place prepared by God for their rest from tribulation. Meantime, on Saturday, the second day of April, the Assembly of Virginia read the Circular letter from Massachusetts, and referred it to a committee of the whole House. Journal of Virginia House of Burgesses, from 31 March to 15 April, 1768, p. 55. The petitions of freeholders of the counties of Chesterfield, Henrico, Dinwiddie and Amelia, pointed to the Act of Parliament suspending the legislative power of New-York, as of a tendency, fatal to the liberties of a free people. The county of Westmoreland dwelt also on the new Revenue Act, as well as on the Billeting Act. The freeholders of Prince Williams enumerated all three, which, like the Stamp Act, would shackle North America with slavery. On the seventh, the illustrious Bland reported Resolutions, reaffirming the exclusive right of the American Assemblies to tax the Amer
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ecessor. Out of doors, America was not without those who listened to her complaints. The aged Oglethorpe, Miss De Berdt to Mr. Read. founder of the Colony of Georgia, busied himself with distributing pamphlets in her behalf among the most considerable public men. Franklin, in London, collected and printed the Farmer's Letters.were much read in Parisian Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. May. saloons; and their author was compared with Cicero. In America the Farmer is adored; said the Governor of Georgia; Sir James Wright to Lord Hillsborough, 23 May, 1768. and no mark of honor and respect is thought equal to his merit. At that time Georgia was the most flouriGeorgia was the most flourishing Colony on the continent. Wright to Hillsborough, 30 May, 1768. Lands there were cheap and labor dear; it had no manufactures; though, of the poorer families, one in a hundred perhaps might make its own coarse clothing of a mixture of cotton and wool. Wright to Hillsborough, 31 May, 1768. Out of twenty-five members of th
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ce, and it was affirmed that in Cumberland one person lavished a hundred thousand pounds. The election was the warmest and most expensive ever known. The number of disputed returns exceeded all precedent; as did the riots, into which a misguided populace, indulged once every seven years with the privilege Chap. Xxxiii} 1768. April. of an election, had been enticed. The first incident in the history of this Parliament, was an unexampled interference of the Court. Wilkes represented Westminster. I think it highly proper to apprise you that the expulsion of Wilkes appears to be very essential, and must be effected, wrote the King to Lord North, King to Lord North, 25 April, 1768. who stood ready to obey the peremptory and unconstitutional mandate. At the opening, the great question was raised, May. if strangers should be excluded from the debates. It has always been my opinion, said Barrington, that strangers should not be allowed to hear them. Strangers are entitled to
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Meantime, on Saturday, the second day of April, the Assembly of Virginia read the Circular letter from Massachusetts, and referred it to a committee of the whole House. Journal of Virginia House of Burgesses, from 31 March to 15 April, 1768, p. 55. The petitions of freeholders of the counties of Chesterfield, Henrico, Dinwiddie and Amelia, pointed to the Act of Parliament suspending the legislative power of New-York, as of a tendency, fatal to the liberties of a free people. The county of Westmoreland dwelt also on the new Revenue Act, as well as on the Billeting Act. The freeholders of Prince Williams enumerated all three, which, like the Stamp Act, would shackle North America with slavery. On the seventh, the illustrious Bland reported Resolutions, reaffirming the exclusive right of the American Assemblies to tax the American Colonies; and they were unanimously confirmed. A committee of twelve, including Bland and Archibald Cary, prepared a Petition to the King, a Memorial to
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