APPENDIX A 



TEXT OF THE DOCUMENTS OF THE CONCILIATION PROPOSALS, 



1774-1777 



See Chapters xxvi.-xxviii. 



[The originals of these documents, excepting No. I., are among 

 the David Barclay MSS. in the possession of John Henry Gurney, 

 Keswick Hall, Norwich, inherited by him through Hudson Gurney. 

 Some of them are printed in Lettsom's Works of Fothergill, iii. 

 pp. clviii-clxvi, and in Smyth's Franklin, vi. The author is 

 indebted to Mr. J. H. Gurney for his generous permission to search 

 for the MSS. and to make use of them. They have been tran- 

 scribed literatim and placed in a probable order of date.] 



I. HINTS FOR CONVERSATION, UPON THE SUBJECT OF TERMS 

 THAT MAY PROBABLY PRODUCE A DURABLE UNION 

 BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES 



[Dec. 4th, 1774.] 



ist. The tea destroyed, to be paid for. 



2d. The tea duty act to be repealed, and all the duties that 



have been received upon it to be repaid into the treasuries 



of the several provinces from which it has been collected. 

 3d. The acts of navigation to be all re-enacted in the several 



Colonies. 

 4th. A naval officer, appointed by the crown, to reside in 



each colony, to see that these acts are observed. 

 5th. All the acts restraining manufactures in the Colonies, to 



be reconsidered. 

 6th. All duties arising on the acts for regulating trade with 



the Colonies, to be for the public use of the respective 



Colonies, and paid into their treasuries. 

 7th. The collectors and custom-house officers to be appointed 



by each governor, and not sent from England ; the 



present officers to be continued only during each 



governor's pleasure. 



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