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Henry Hulton and the American Revolution : an outsider's inside view / Neil Longley York.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- York, Neil Longley.
- 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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