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is brought about, but fears the honor of the Nation will not allow 

 England to be very friendly to the Colonies. Thinks the day of op- 

 pression in the Colonies is hastening very fast. A. L. S. 3 p. 



XLVII, 61. 

 Froj7i Lord Pitt to [Thomas] Walpole. 

 [1775?] March 6. Hayes. 



Lord Chatham sensibly feels the contents of the extract communi- 

 cated to him; he is deeply touched by such a remembrance and truly 

 honored by so authentic and respectable a testimony to his good in- 

 tentions. L. in 3d P. I p. XLVII, 60. 



By The Ordinary Council of Ziericzee [Netherlands]. 

 1775. May 25. Ziericzee. 



Extract from the minutes with reference to the selection of Petrus 

 Van Noemer for the vacancy in the Council of State of the Province. 

 2 p. (Certified translation in French.) LIV, 16. 



Frofn [Joseph Galloway?] to Mrs. . 



1775- June i. London. 

 Lord Camden carried in a bill for the repeal of the Quebec law; 

 his speech was uncommonly argumentative and eloquent. Lord Shel- 

 burne said " a day would soon arrive when so unconstitutional and 

 disgraceful a statute must be repealed." Lord Dartmouth apologized 

 for not presenting the Quebec petition. Lord Camden claimed that 

 when England is successful in conquering an inhabited country, the 

 King is bound, by the constitution, to establish over them, as far as 

 practicable, the fundamental laws of England. Lord Mansfield on the 

 subject. Lord Camden said that the battles of Lexington and Con- 

 cord were brought on by the British soldiers and not by the Pro- 

 vincials; the principal design was to seize Messrs. [John] Hancock, 



[James] Otis, etc., and send them here for trial. Asks Mrs. 



to show this letter to Mr. Ball. A. Dr. of L. 3 p. XLV, 107. 



From Jona[than] Williams, Jr., to Lord Dartmouth. 



1775- July 7. Craven Street., London. 



Announcing the arrival of a packet from New Jersey addressed to Dr. 



Franklin which he had authority to open; it contained a petition from 



the Assembly of New Jersey to His Majesty; desires him to appoint a 



time for its delivery. A. Dr. of L. S. I p. XXXVII, 34. 



