[13] Petitions from Provincial Assemblies were ignored by ministers at home, and even memorials from such important states as Massachusetts and New York, ordered by the King in Council to be laid before Parliament, were suppressed.
[14] Speech during the Debate on the Address, January 14, 1766.
[15] Anstey: The New Bath Guide.
[16] Adolphus: History of England.
[17] Almon: Collection of Papers.
[18] Stedman: History of the American War; Andrews: History of the American War.
[19] Albemarle: Memoirs of Rockingham.
[20] Thomas Nuthall, died 1775, appointed by Rockingham Solicitor to the Treasury, 1765.
[21] In this debate Edmund Burke, who was at the time Secretary to the Prime Minister, made his first speech, upon which he was congratulated by Pitt, who said, "It was seasonable, reasonable, and eloquent." Through it he first sprang into fame, but when some one expressed surprise at this sudden elevation, Dr. Johnson, who knew Burke and of course had read "The Vindication of Natural Society" and "On the Sublime and Beautiful," exclaimed, "Sir, there is no wonder at all. We, who know Mr. Burke, know that he will be one of the first men in the country."
[22] Essay on William Pitt, Earl of Chatham.