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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 26 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition. 13 1 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 5 1 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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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)
llions, while all the establishments of America, according to accounts which were produced, cost the Americans but seventy-five thousand pounds. J. Ingersoll to Fitch Feb. 11 and March 6. Letters of Israel Manduit, Jasper Mauduit, and Garth, the last a member of parliament. The charters of the colonies were referred to, anduse, 3 Nov. 1764. had been uttered solemnly by the legislature of Massachusetts. If parliament, in their superior wisdom, shall pass the act, we must submit, wrote Fitch, the governor Governor Thomas Fitch to Richard Jackson. Norwalk, 23 Feb. 1765. of Connecticut, elected by the people, to Jackson. It can be of no purpose to cGovernor Thomas Fitch to Richard Jackson. Norwalk, 23 Feb. 1765. of Connecticut, elected by the people, to Jackson. It can be of no purpose to claim a right of exemption, thought Hutchinson. It will fall particularly hard on us lawyers and printers, wrote Franklin Franklin to Ross, 14 Feb. 1765. to a friend in Philadelphia, never doubting it would go into effect, and looking for relief to the rapid increase of the people of America. The agent for Massachusetts had r
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 16: (search)
n military resources, second only to Massachusetts, loved its charter, of which it dreaded to risk the forfeiture by involving its legislature. The people, therefore, systematically assumed the direction of opinion. Assured of the protection of Fitch, the governor, who at heart was a lukewarm royalist, Ingersoll sought to reason the people into forbearance. The act is so contrived, said he, as to chap. XVI.} 1765. Sept. make it your interest to buy the stamps. When I undertook the office ttack, Ingersoll rode out from New Haven, in company with the governor, intending to place himself under the protection of the legislature, which was to convene on Thursday. Meeting two men on horseback, with newly barked cudgels in their hands, Fitch charged them to go and tell their companions to return back. We look upon this, they answered, as the cause of the people; we will not take directions about it from any one; and Ingersoll sent word by them that he would meet the concourse at H
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 19: (search)
to carry the Stamp Act punctually into effect. In Connecticut, which, in chap. XIX.} 1765. Oct. its assembly, had already voted American taxation by a British parliament to be unprecedented and unconstitutional, Dyer, of the council, entreated Fitch not to take an oath which was contrary to that of the governor, to maintain the rights of the colony. But Fitch had urged the assembly to prosecute for riot the five hundred that coerced Ingersoll at Wethersfield; had talked of the public spiritFitch had urged the assembly to prosecute for riot the five hundred that coerced Ingersoll at Wethersfield; had talked of the public spirit in the language of an enemy; had said that the Act must go down; that forty regulars could guard the stamp papers; and that the American conduct would bring from home violent measures and the loss of charters; and he resolved to comply; E. Stiles' Diary. on which Pitkin, Trumbull, and Dyer, truly representing the sentiments of Connecticut, rose with indignation and left the room. The governor of Rhode Island stood alone in his patriotic refusal. But every where, either quietly of themse