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DOCUMENTARY HISTORY, &c.
PROCEEDINGS, PAPERS, AND DEBATES OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND HOUSE OF COMMONS, ON MEASURES RELATING TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES, DURING THE SEVENTH SESSION ON THE THIRTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN.
I. THE KING'S MESSAGE, OF SEVENTH MARCH, 1774.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
FRIDAY, March 4th, 1774.
THE Earl, of Dartmouth acquainted the House "That his Majesty had given directions, that the several Papers received from America, relating to the Disturbances there, with regard to the importation of Tea, should be laid before the House; and that the same will be delivered on Monday next."
MONDAY, March 7th, 1774.
The Earl of Dartmouth acquainted the House, "That he had a Message from his Majesty, under his Royal sign manual, which his Majesty had commanded him to deliver to this House,"
And the same was read by the Lord Chancellor, and is as follows; (videlicet,)
GEORGE R.
His Majesty upon information of the unwarrantable practices which have been lately concerted and carried on in North America, and, particularly, of the violent and outrageous proceedings at the Town and Port of Boston, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, with a view to obstructing the Commerce of this Kingdom, and upon grounds and pretences immediately subversive of the Constitution thereof, hath thought fit to lay the whole matter before his two Houses of Parliament, fully confiding, as well in their zeal for the maintenance of his Majesty's authority, as in their attachment to the common interest and welfare of all his Dominions, that they will not only enable his Majesty effectually to take such measures as may be most likely to put an immediate stop to the present disorders, but will also take into their most serious consideration, what farther regulations and permanent provisions may be necessary to be established for better securing the execution of the Laws, and the just dependence of the Colonies upon the Crown and Parliament of Great Britain.
G. R.
The said Message was then read again by the Clerk.
The Earl of Dartmouth, (by his Majesty's command,) laid before the House copies of all Letters, &c., received from America, relating to the Disturbances there with regard to the importation of Tea, together with a list thereof; which was read by the Clerk, as follows:
Massachusetts Bay.
No. 1. Extract of a Letter from Governour Hutchinson to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated Boston, 4th November, 1773, received 17th December, enclosing,
No. 2. Copy of a Letter to Thomas and Elisha Hutchinson, delivered at their house in Boston, 2d November, 1773.
No. 3. Copy of a printed Paper, posted up in the Town of Boston, on the 3d November, 1773.
No. 4. Copy of a Narrative.
No. 5. Copy of a Narrative.
No. 6. Copy of a Letter from Governour Hutchinson to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated Milton, near Boston, 6th November, 1773; received 25th December, enclosing,
No. 7. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Richard Clarke and Company, and Benjamin Faneuil and Company, to John Hancock, Esquire, dated 4th November, 1773.
No. 8. Copy of a Vote of the Town Meeting at Boston, the 5th November, 1773.
No. 9. Copy of a Letter from Thomas Hutchinson, Junior, to John Hancock, Esquire; (no date.)
No. 10. Extract of a Letter from Governour Hutchinson to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated Boston, 15th November, 1773; received 3d January, 1774.
No. 11. Copy of a Letter from Governour Hutchinson to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated Boston, 2d of December, 1773; received 27th January, 1774, enclosing,
No. 12. Copy of a Petition of Richard Clarke and Sons, Benjamin Faneuil, and Thomas and Elisha Hutchinson; and of the Proceedings of the Council thereupon.
No. 13. Extract from the Massachusetts Gazette, of the 26th November, 1773.
No. 14. Copy of a Paper printed at Boston, dated 1st December, 1773.
No. 15. Copy of a Letter from Governour Hutchinson to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated Boston, 15th December, 1773; received 2d February, 1774.
No. 16. Copy of a Letter from Governour Hutchinson to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated Boston, 17th December, 1773; received 27th January, 1774.
No,. 17. Copy of a Letter from Governour Hutchinson to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated Boston, 20th December, 1773; received 14th February, 1774.
No. 18. Extract of a Letter from Governour Hutchinson to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated Boston, 24th December, 1773; received 14th February, 1774, enclosing,
No. 19. Extract of the Minutes of the Council of the Massachusetts Bay, on the 21st December, 1773.
No. 20. Extract of a Letter from Governour Hutchinson to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated Boston, 4th January, 1774; received 13th February.
New-York.
No. 21. Extract of a Letter from Major General Haldimand to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated New-York, 3d of November, 1773; received 10th December.
No. 22. Extract of a Letter from Major General Haldimand to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated New-York, 28th December, 1773; received 4th February, 1774.
No. 23. Extract of a Letter from Major General Haldimand to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated New-York, 5th January, 1774; received 5th February.
No. 24. Copy of a Paper referred to in Major General Haldimand's Letter of the 5th January, 1774.
No. 25. Extract of a Letter from Major General Haldimand to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated 2d February, 1774; received 2d March.
No. 26. Copy of a Letter from Governour Tryon to the Earl of Dartmouth, dated New-York, 3d November, 1773; received 10th December, enclosing.
No. 27. Copy of a printed. Paper, intituled, "The Alarm, No.1," dated New-York, 6th October, 1773.
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