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" If your Excellency expects to have the line of distinction between the supreme authority of Parliament, and the total independence of the colonies drawn by us, we would say it would be an arduous undertaking, and of very great importance to all the other... "
History of the United States: The American revolution - Page 448
by George Bancroft - 1854
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The Administration of the British Colonies, Volume 2

Thomas Pownall - Great Britain - 1774 - 330 pages
...authority of parliament, and the total independence of the colonies drawn by us ; \ve would fay, it would be an arduous undertaking ; and of very great...other colonies. And therefore could we conceive of fuch a line, we fhould be unwilling to propofe it without their confent in ctmgrefs. Houfe of Reprefent....
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The Administration of the British Colonies, Volume 2

Thomas Pownall - Great Britain - 1774 - 332 pages
...total independence of the colonies drawn by us ; we would fay, it would be an arduous undertaking j and of very great importance to all the other colonies. And therefore could we conceive of fuch a line, we fliould be unwilling to propofe it without their confent in congrefs. Houfe of Reprefent....
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History of the United States from the Discovery of the American ..., Volume 5

George Bancroft - United States - 1855 - 420 pages
...the colonies would be an arduous undertaking, and of very great importance to all the other colonics; and therefore, could we conceive of such a line, we...to propose it, without their consent in Congress." The governor was overwhelmed with confusion. He had intended to drive them into a conflict with Parliament;...
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History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the ..., Volume 4

George Bancroft - United States - 1876 - 660 pages
...other, what hinders but that, being united in one head and sovereign, they may live happily in that connection, and mutually support and protect each...them other and apter conclusions, they rebuked the J 7 an' governor for having reduced them to the alternative either of appearing by silence to acquiesce...
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History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the ..., Volume 3

George Bancroft - United States - 1883 - 524 pages
...happily in that connection, and mutually support and protect each other ? " " But is there anything," the governor had asked, " which' we have more reason...should be unwilling to propose it without their consent inHaving thus won an unsparing victory over the logic of Hutchinson by accepting all his premises and...
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History of New England ...: History of New England from the revolution of ...

John Gorham Palfrey - New England - 1890 - 702 pages
...supreme authority of Parliament and the total independence of the Colonies drawn by us, we would say it would be an arduous undertaking, and of very great...to propose it without their consent in Congress." The House, learning from the Secretary that the Governor had not approved their grants to the Judges,...
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History of New England: History of New England from the revolution of the ...

John Gorham Palfrey - New England - 1890 - 718 pages
...supreme authority of Parliament and the total independence of the Colonies drawn by us, we would say it would be an arduous undertaking, and of very great...we conceive of such a line, we should be unwilling fo propose it without their consent in Congress." The House, learning from the Secretary that the Governor...
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History of New England, Volume 5

John Gorham Palfrey - New England - 1890 - 720 pages
...supreme authority of Parliament and the total independence of the Colonies drawn by us, we would say it would be an arduous undertaking, and of very great...we conceive of such a line, we should be unwilling f,o propose it without their consent in Congress." The House, learning from the Secretary that the...
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The Life Of Thomas Hutchinson, Royal Governor Of The Province Of Massachusetts

James Kendall Hosmer, Massachusetts. Governor (1771-1774 : Hutchinson), Massachusetts. General court, 1773 - Biography & Autobiography - 1896 - 548 pages
...supreme authority of Parliament, and the total independence of the colonies drawn by us, we would say it would be an arduous undertaking, and of very great...to propose it, without their consent in Congress. To conclude, these are great and profound questions. It is the grief of this House, that, by the ill...
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Preliminaries of the Revolution, 1763-1775, Volume 8

George Elliott Howard - History - 1905 - 410 pages
...the compact, that we should be reduced to a state of vassalage." But to draw the line of distinction would be "an arduous undertaking, and of very great...to propose it, without their consent in Congress." l A few months after this controversy had thus elicited the formidable suggestion of continental union,...
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