 | George Bancroft - 1857 - 568 страници
...they were unanimously 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 Hbuse of Commons, which, after being carefully considered and amended, were unanimously adopted. On... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1861 - 434 страници
...distinguished lawyers and leaders of the colonial aristocracy, were appointed a committee to draw up a petition to the king, a memorial to the House of Lords, and a remonstrance to the Commons. These papers claimed for the colony, the privilege of self-taxation ; but their tone was very... | |
 | William Coutts Keppel Earl of Albemarle - 1865 - 510 страници
...no member of parliament would undertake to present it. In Virginia the representatives agreed upon a petition to the King, a memorial to the House of Lords, and a remonstrance to the Ministry against the ruinous course they were pursuing. The effect produced 'in England was curious.... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1873 - 498 страници
...action, were a " Declaration of the Rights and Grievances of the Colonists in America " ; an Address to the King; a Memorial to the House of Lords ; and a petition to the House of Commons. The tone of all of them was loyal. The " Declaration," in the form... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1875 - 532 страници
...which he was a member. A special committee having in consequence been appointed to draught an address to the king, a memorial to the House of Lords, and a remonstrance to the House of Commons, Mr. Lee was placed on it and selected to prepare the two first papers. In 1 705 Patrick Henry introduced... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 страници
...provinces." Accordingly, in November of the same year, the House of Burgesses in Virginia sent an address l to the argument as originally stated, they would only be tedious at t same subject Remonstrances were likewise sent from Massachusetts and New York to the Privy Council.... | |
 | Levi Carroll Judson - 1875 - 522 страници
...early as 1764 he was on the committee in the House of Burgesses that prepared an address to the crown, a memorial to the House of Lords and a remonstrance to the House of Commons of Great Britain predicated upon the Virginia Resolutions anticipating the odious Stamp Act. These... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1877 - 608 страници
...to apFeb. 23. print delegates to the new one. Yet they did by no means abandon the colonial cause ; a petition to the king, a memorial to the House of Lords, and a representation and remonstrance to the Commons, were forwarded to their agent, Edmund Burke — documents... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1883 - 396 страници
...provinces.' Accordingly, in November of the same year, the House of Burgesses in Virginia sent an address to the House of Lords, and a remonstrance to the House of Commons on the same subject. Remonstrances were likewise sent from Massachusetts and New York to the Privy Council.... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1882 - 790 страници
...to freedom from taxation except through the colonial assemblies. The Congress also sent an address to the King, a memorial to the House of Lords, and a petition to the House of Commons. Before adjourning, this Congress consummated a virtual union by which... | |
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Memorial to the House of Lords, and a Remonstrance to the House of Commons, on the subject of the proposed Stamp Act. 
