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Henry Hulton and the American Revolution : an outsider's inside view / Neil Longley York.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
York, Neil Longley.
Contributor:
Hulton, Henry, 1733?-1790.
Colonial Society of Massachusetts.
Series:
Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts ; v. 80.
Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts ; v. 80
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hulton, Henry, 1733?-1790.
Hulton, Henry.
History.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources.
United States.
Massachusetts.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Causes.
Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
Boston : Colonial Society of Massachusetts, [2010]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Prologue : in time, forgotten
Introduction : imperial odyssey
Henry Hulton's writings. Progress of American revenue from the Act of the 6th George II to the establishment of a Board of Customs in America ; Obstructions to the collection of a revenue in America from the extent of the Coast and the nature of the trade and commerce ; Obstructions to the revenue laws from the temper of the people at the time of the establishment of the Board of Customs ; Insufficiency of former measures adopted for security of the revenue in America ; Modes of resistance to the operation of the revenue laws in America : 1767, 1768 ; Exertions of government in support of its authority in America, 1768 ; Internal difficulties the Board of Customs had to combat with on its establishment ; Heads of the Faction at Boston on the establishment of the Board of Customs ; Governor Bernard and Governor Hutchinson ; Opposition to the revenue laws at Boston, 1769 and 1770 ; Mr. Temple and Dr. Franklin ; Opposition by the Town of Boston and the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1772, 1773 and 1774 to the revenue law ; Proceedings on the departure of Governor Hutchinson, June 1774 ; Proceedings of the People in the Province of Massachusetts Bay after the arrival of General Gage as governor to the close of 1774 ; Proceedings of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts Bay, and the Continental Congress at Philadelphia, 1774 ; Instances of persecution in New England whilst the country was in a state of anarchy, 1774 ; Proceedings in the Province of Massachusetts Bay whilst the country was in a state of anarchy and rebellion, 1775 ; A summary of the persecutions and distresses undergone by the Commissioners of the Customs of America
Letters
Miscellaneous pieces.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0979466288
9780979466281
OCLC:
489194488
Publisher Number:
40018025049

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