[44] “The council questioned” (i.e., the colony’s council) “his authority to distribute the stamps, and unanimously advised him to declare that he would do nothing in relation to them, but await the arrival of the new governor, and his declaration to that effect ... was immediately published. But the confidence of the people was shaken.”—Idem., vol. v., ch. 19, p. 356.
[45] “‘We will have the stamp papers,’ cried Sears to the multitude, ‘within four and twenty hours,’”—Idem.
[46] “Colden invited Kenedy to receive them on board of the Coventry.... Gage being appealed to, avowed his belief that a fire from the fort would be the ... commencement of civil war.”—Idem., 356-7.
[47] “Colden, perceiving further resistance ... unavailing, ordered the stamps to be delivered to the Mayor (Cruger) and Common Council, the former giving a receipt for the same, and the corporation agreeing to pay for all the stamps that should be destroyed or lost. This was satisfactory to the people.”—Lossing’s Pic. Field Book, vol. ii., p. 789.
[48] “In all the streets were heard the shouts of Liberty, Property, and no Stamps.”—Bancroft’s U. S., vol. v., ch. 19, p. 357.
[49] “The press continued its activity.”—Idem.
[50] “I rejoice that America has resisted.”—William Pitt in the House of Commons.—Idem., vol. v., ch. 21, p. 391.
[51] “On ... the joyful intelligence of the repeal of the Stamp Act ... the city was filled with delight. Bells rang ... cannon roared ... the Sons of Liberty drank twenty-eight ‘loyal and constitutional toasts.’”—Lossing’s Pic. Field Book of the Rev., vol. ii., p. 789.
THE LAST CRUISE OF THE GASPEE.
1772.