THE SPEECHES OF HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR HUTCHINSON, TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. AT A SESSION BEGUN AND HELD ON THE SIXTH OF JANUARY, 1773. WITH THE ANSWERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RESPECTIVELY

Hutchinson, Thomas

Verlag: Printed by Edes and Gill., Boston, 1773

126pp. Original plain blue-grey wrappers, stitched as issued. Half of front wrapper lacking, wrapper chipped along spine and very lightly stained. Occasional light tanning. Very good. Untrimmed. Fine evidence of the growing schism between crown and colonies with regard to the nature of political power and authority. "These speeches were printed in the MASSACHUSETTS GAZETTE AND BOSTON WEEKLY NEWS-LETTER between January and March of 1773. The House ordered 700 copies printed for itself and 100 for the Council on March 6, 1773" - AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. "When [Samuel] Adams organized the correspondence committees in November 1772 and initiated the movement by publishing the 'Rights of the Colonists,' Hutchinson gave life to the movement by delivering before the General Court, on Jan. 6, 1773, an elaborately argued address designed to prove that since 'no line can be drawn between the supreme authority of Parliament and the total independence of the colonies' the Parliamentary supremacy must be admitted; and 'if the supremacy of Parliament shall no longer be denied, it will follow that the mere exercise of its authority can be no grievance'" - DAB. The complete text of this address is printed herein, along with other speeches made during the same session. These speeches immediately preceded the explosive publication of Hutchinson's letter back to England, leaked via Franklin. HOWES H854. EVANS 12856. AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE 97. DAB IX, pp.439-43. SABIN 34086. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM55626

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Titel: THE SPEECHES OF HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR ...
Verlag: Printed by Edes and Gill., Boston
Erscheinungsdatum: 1773