Footnote 60:
Governor Shirley’s letter of February 16, 1744.
Footnote 61:
Hutchinson’s History, Vol. II. p. 407–420. The above account varies
from Hutchinson’s, being corrected in some instances, from a
manuscript copy of the History of the Reduction of Louisburg, sent by
Mr. Shirley, to the duke of Newcastle; and improved in others from
information given me,
Footnote 62:
See the postscript of Dean Tucker’s Humble Address.
Footnote 63:
The Dean’s Letter to Edmund Burke, esq. p. 27.
Footnote 64:
Hutchinson’s History, Vol. II. p. 424.
Footnote 65:
See a collection of letters and essays in favour of public liberty, in
three Vols. printed for Wilkie. Vol. III. p. 34. 42.
Footnote 66:
See a short account of the proceedings of the deputation. p. 9.
Footnote 67:
Dr. Chauncey’s thanksgiving sermon for the repeal of the stamp act in
a note.
Footnote 68:
Dr. Langdon told it me in conversation: and afterward mentioned it in
his sermon preached before the convention of the ministers.
Footnote 69:
Now president of Yale College in Connecticut.
Footnote 70:
From Brooke Woodcock, Esq. of Saffron Waldon, who served at the taking
of Bellisle, Martinico, and the Havannah.
Footnote 71:
Mr. Burke’s speech on American taxation, April 19, 1774.
Footnote 72:
Otis’s Rights of the British Colonies, p. 57.
Footnote 73:
Ibid, p. 59.
Footnote 74:
Otis’s Vindication of the British Colonies, p. 57.
Footnote 75:
Ibid. p. 59.
Footnote 76:
His Rights of the British Colonies, p. 63.
Footnote 77:
Mr. Hutchinson’s letter of March 8, 1766.
Footnote 78:
Mr. Agent Bollan’s letters of that date to the Massachusetts general
court.
Footnote 79:
Mr. Sayre’s letter to Captain Sears, of New-York, dated London, 7th of
Febuary, 1764.
Footnote 80:
Mr. Jackson’s letter to lieutenant-governor Hutchinson, Dec. 26, 1765.
Footnote 81:
Mr. Ingersoll’s letter of March 6, 1765.
Footnote 82:
The present secretary of congress.
Footnote 83:
Late governor Trumbull of Connecticut.
Footnote 84:
Mr. Hughes’s letters of October and November, 1765.
Footnote 85:
See the Gentleman’s Magazine, Vol. XXXV. p. 538.
Footnote 86:
Ibid. Vol. XXXVI. p. 94.
Footnote 87:
Ibid. Vol. XXXVI. p. 94 and 95.
Footnote 88:
Mr. Edmund Burke’s speech; April 19, 1774.
Footnote 89:
Political Memoirs, printed 1783.
Footnote 90:
Mr. Burke’s speech.
Footnote 91:
The London merchants letter to John Hancock, Esq. and others, dated
February 28.
Footnote 92:
The lords protest against the repeal of the stamp act.
Footnote 93:
Mr. Hutchinson’s loss was 2396l. 3s. 1d. 1–2. Mr. Oliver’s 129l. 3s.
Mr. Hallowell’s 289l. 0s. 1d. 1–2. Mr. Story’s 50l. 11s. 6d. 3–4, all
sterling.
Footnote 94:
Mr. Hartley’s letters.
Footnote 95:
January 21, 1768.
Footnote 96:
January 30.
Footnote 97:
February 2.
Footnote 98:
Mr. Bollan’s letter to Mr. Hutchinson, August 11, 1767.
Footnote 99:
The Lanceston of 40 guns, the Mermaid of 28, Glasgow 20, Beaver 14,
Senegal 14, Bonetta 10, and several armed schooners, besides the
Romney of 60 guns, and other ships which had been some time in the
harbour.
Footnote 100:
Mr. M. H’s letter to Mr. Hutchinson.
Footnote 101:
Mr. Otis afterward prosecuted Mr. Robinson for the assault, and the
law gave heavy damages against him; but Mr. Otis generously forgave
him upon an acknowledgment of the offence.
Footnote 102:
The date of the committee’s letter to the Philadelphians after taking
the sense of the inhabitants a second time.
Footnote 103:
The doctor’s account to me, when discoursing upon what is called the
massacre.
Footnote 104:
The trial of the soldiers, p. 52.
Footnote 105:
Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Crispus Attucks.
Samuel Gray was a journeyman, and wrought in the rope-walks belonging
to Mr. John Gray, the rope-maker.
Footnote 106:
Lieutenant-governor Hutchinson’s letter of December 10, 1770.
Footnote 107:
The Rev. Mr. Whitney’s discourse on the public fast.
Footnote 108: