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Page 38 - The Hampshire Grants in particular, a country unpeopled and almost unknown in the last war, now abounds in the most active and most rebellious race of the continent, and hangs like a gathering storm upon my left.
Page 13 - There seems to have been no doubt in the minds of the members of the First Committee as to the meaning of the words "still in force
Page 86 - Resolved. That it be recommended to the several provincial assemblies or conventions or councils, or committees of safety, to arrest and secure every person in their respective colonies whose going at large, may, in their opinion, endanger the safety of the colony or the liberties of America.
Page 169 - That it be recommended to each Colony to appoint a Committee of Safety, to superintend and direct all matters necessary for the Security and defence of their respective Colonies in the recess of their Assemblies and Conventions.
Page 109 - Such an administration, the immediate offspring of necessity, might have been reasonably expected to be subversive of that liberty which it was intended to secure. But in the course of more than two years, during which it was cheerfully submitted to by all, except the advocates for British usurpation, although many occasions occurred in which an intemperate zeal transported men beyond the just bounds of moderation, not a single person fell a victim to the oppression of this irregular government.
Page 166 - Besides the treasurer they appoint also the commissary, the Indian commissioner, the comptroller of the duties upon imports and exports, the powderreceiver, etc. The executive part of the government is lodged in different sets of commissioners," " of the market, the workhouse, of the pilots, of the fortifications, etc. Not only civil posts, but ecclesiastical preferment, are in the disposal or election of the people, although by the king's instructions to the governor " this should belong to the...
Page 12 - ... say, Sir, that the time is in fact arrived, when we are to drop all chimerical plans, and in our contemplations thoroughly to think down, and pervade every step that is proposed for practice; to judge of its practicability, and, as far as possible, to view all its consequences. With this conviction, I have been most seriously contemplating the commission and most important trust of our Committee of Safety, and especially that branch of it which relates to their mustering the minute men and others...
Page 59 - In June, for fear that pork might be engrossed by individuals, a committee was appointed in Connecticut to buy all there was in the colony at the market price and store it for the use of the army. If any person who had more than he needed for his own use should refuse to sell it, or...
Page 167 - The above officers and most of the commissioners are named by the general assembly, and are responsible to them alone ; and whatever be their ignorance, neglect, or misconduct, the governor has no power to reprove or displace them.
Page 38 - Wherever the King's forces point, militia, to the amount of three or four thousand, assemble in twenty-four hours; they bring with them their subsistence, etc., and, the alarm over, they return to their farms.