Authors: John Ferling
12
. Bargar,
Lord Dartmouth and the American Revolution
, 115–16; Thomas,
Tea Party to Independence
, 145–46.
13
. Thomas,
Tea Party to Independence
, 155, 157.
14
. Quoted in Bernard Bailyn,
The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson
(Cambridge, Mass., 1974), 304.
15
. Jeremy Black,
George III: America’s Last King
(New Haven, Conn., 2006), 81–82, 108–43, 209–14. The quotation is on page 209.
16
. The two preceding paragraphs draw on BF, Arthur Lee, and William Bollan to the Speaker of the Pennsylvania …, December 24, 1775,
PBF
21:399; King to North, September 11, November 18, December 15, 1774, in Sir John Fortescue, ed.,
The Correspondence of George III, 1760–1783
(London, 1927), 3:131, 153, 156; Bargar,
Lord Dartmouth and the American Revolution
, 146–48; Thomas,
Tea Party to Independence
, 166–70; Peter Whiteley,
Lord North: The Prime Minister Who Lost America
(London, 1996), 146–47; Donoughue,
British Politics and the American Revolution
, 217; Black,
George III
, 215–16.
17
. Gage to Dartmouth, August 27, September 2, 12, October 3, 17, 30, 1774, in Clarence Carter, ed.,
The Correspondence of General Thomas Gage with the Secretaries of State, and the War Office and the Treasury, 1763–1775
(reprint, New York, 1969), 1:366, 367, 370, 371, 374, 378, 380, 383. The figure for the strength of Gage’s army is for January 1, 1775. See David Hackett Fischer,
Paul Revere’s Ride
(New York, 1994), 309.
18
. Penn to Dartmouth, July 5, 1774,
DAR
8:142; Dunmore to Dartmouth, June 6, 1774, ibid., 8:128; Martin to Dartmouth, September 1, 1774, ibid., 8:172; Bull to Dartmouth, July 31, 1774, ibid., 8:154; Wright to Dartmouth, August 24, 1774, ibid., 8:162.
19
. For example, see “The Humble Petition of the Merchants, Traders, and others, of the City of London, concerned in the Commerce of North America” (1775), in Harry T. Dickinson, ed.,
British Pamphlets on the American Revolution
(London, 2007), 247–49. See also H. T. Dickinson, “ ‘The Friends of America’: British Sympathy with the American Revolution,” in Michael T. Davis, ed.,
Radicalism and Revolution in Britain, 1775–1848
(New York, 2000), 11; James E. Bradley, “The British Public Opinion and the American Revolution: Ideology, Interest and Opinion,” in H. T. Dickinson, ed.,
Britain and the American Revolution
(London, 1998), 135; Stephen Conway,
The British Isles and the War of Independence
(New York, 2000), 130–35; and Kathleen Wilson,
The Sense of the People: Politics, Culture and Imperialism in England, 1715–1785
(Cambridge, 1995), 238–40.
20
. See [Joseph Cawthorne],
A Plan to Reconcile Great Britain & Her Colonies, and Preserve the Dependency of America
(London, 1774); Dickinson,
British Pamphlets on the American Revolution
, 3:1–58; [Anon.],
A Plan for Conciliating the Jarring Political Interests of Great Britain and Her North American Colonies
(London, 1775), ibid., 183–202. The quotation is on page 56 of
A Plan for Conciliating
.
21
. [Anon.],
The Supremacy of the British Legislature Over the Colonies
(London, 1775), ibid., 3:207–44.
22
. Dora Mae Clark,
British Opinion and the American Revolution
(reprint, New York, 1966), 76–92; Solomon Lutnick,
The American Revolution and the British Press, 1775–1783
(Columbia, Mo., 1967), 42–45, 42n; H. W. Brands,
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
(New York, 2000), 481.
23
. David Barclay and John Fothergill to BF, December 3, 1774,
PBF
21:364–65; BF, Hints for
Conversation
upon the Terms …, [December 4–6], 1774, ibid., 21:366–68; editor’s notes, ibid., 21:360–66; Carl Van Doren,
Benjamin Franklin
(New York, 1938), 479.
24
. BF, Proposals to Lord Howe, [December 31], 1774, ibid., 21:409–11; editor’s note, ibid., 21:408–9. Franklin did not learn of Dartmouth’s response to his initial hints until February. The American secretary was agreeable to the repeal of the Tea Act, modifying the restraints on American trade, and taxing the colonists only in wartime. However, the repeal of the Coercive Acts “was inadmissible.” See “Answers to Franklin’s ‘Hints,’ ” [before February 4, 1775], ibid., 21:466–68; editor’s note, ibid., 21:465–66. On the ploy to use Franklin in this crisis, see also Van Doren,
Benjamin Franklin
, 495–518, and Philip James McFarland,
The Brave Bostonians: Hutchinson, Quincy, Franklin and the Coming of the American Revolution
(Boulder, Colo., 1998), 143–52, 193–203.
25
. BF to Galloway, April 20, 1771, April 6, 1773, February 25, 1774,
PBF
18:78, 20:149, 21:509.
26
. Minute of a Cabinet Meeting, January 21, 1775, in
The Manuscripts of the Earl of Dartmouth, Prepared by the Historical Manuscript Commission of Great Britain
(reprint, Boston, 1972), 1:372.
27
. Thomas,
Tea Party to Independence
, 176–81; Ian R. Christie and Benjamin W. Labaree,
Empire or Independence, 1760–1776
(New York, 1976), 231; David Hackett Fischer,
Paul Revere’s Ride
(New York, 1994), 51.
28
. Dartmouth to Gage, January 27, 1775, in Carter,
Correspondence of General Thomas Gage
, 2:179–81.
29
.
PBF
21:459–61n; BF, “Notes for Discourse with Ld. C. on his Plan,” January 31, 1775, ibid., 21:461–62; BF Memorandum on Chatham’s Plan of Conciliation, [on or after February 1, 1775], ibid., 21:463–64; BF to JG, February 5[–7], 1775, ibid., 21:469; Peter Douglas Brown,
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: The Great Commoner
(London, 1978), 380; Stanley Ayling,
The Elder Pitt: Earl of Chatham
(New York, 1976), 411–14.
30
. One version of Chatham’s speech is in
PH
18:149–60. A second, based on notes taken by Hugh Boyd that were published in 1779, can also be found in ibid., 18:149–56n. My account draws on both versions. The quotations can be found on pages 150n, 154n, 155n, and 158.
31
.
PH
18:222–24. See also Thomas,
Tea Party to Independence
, 51, 191–97.
32
. The quotations can be found in Dickinson, “ ‘The Friends of America,’ ” in Davis,
Radicalism and Revolution in Britain
, 2.
33
. North to the King, February 19, 1775, Fortescue,
Correspondence of George III
, 3:177.
34
.
PH
18:319–20; Thomas,
Tea Party to Independence
, 201. The royal authorities were made aware of North’s plan by the American secretary. See Dartmouth, Circular Letter to the Governors, March 3, 1775,
DAR
9:60–62.
35
.
PH
18:321.
36
. Quoted in H. T. Dickinson, “British Imperial Sovereignty: The Ideological Case against the American Colonists,” in H. T. Dickinson, ed.,
Britain and the American Revolution
, 85. The subminister was William Knox.
37
.
PH
18:438–44; Valentine,
Lord North
, 1:347.
38
.
PH
18:447; Valentine,
Lord North
, 1:347.
39
.
PH
18:478–538. The lengthy quotation can be found in ibid., 18:535–36. Burke’s comment about speaking out for honor and conscience can be found in Frank O’Gorman, “The Parliamentary Opposition to the Government’s American Policy, 1760–1782,” in Dickinson,
Britain and the American Revolution
, 103. For useful analyses of Burke’s speech and the nature of the opposition in Parliament, see also John Derry,
English Politics and the American Revolution
(New York, 1976), 129–48.
40
.
PH
18:570.
41
. On Hartley’s reputation, see
PBF
21:511.
42
. Merrill Jensen,
The Founding of a Nation: A History of the American Revolution, 1763–1776
(New York, 1968), 515–32; Leopold S. Launitz-Schurer,
Loyal Whigs and Revolutionaries: The Making of the Revolution in New York, 1765–1776
(New York, 1980), 145–46.
43
. Report of the Braintree Committee of the Continental Association, March 15, 1775,
PJA
2:396–400.
44
. William Nelson,
The American Tory
(Oxford, 1961), 93–94; Ray Raphael,
The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord
(New York, 2002), 59–89; Richard M. Ketchum,
Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution Came to New York
(New York, 2002), 292.
45
. Ketchum,
Divided Loyalties
, 315. On the raising of the Tory military unit, see Dartmouth to Gage, January 27, 1775, in Carter,
Correspondence of General Thomas Gage
, 2:180.
46
. On the Tory pamphlets, see [Joseph Galloway],
A Candid Examination of the Mutual Claims of Great Britain and the Colonies
(New York, 1775); [Jonathan Boucher],
A Letter from a Virginian, to the Members of Congress
(New York, 1774); [Samuel Seabury],
The Congress Canvassed
… (New York, 1774); [Samuel Seabury],
A View of the Controversy Between Great Britain and her Colonies
(New York, 1775); [Thomas Bradbury Chandler],
A Friendly Address to all Reasonable Americans
(New York, 1774); [Thomas Bradbury Chandler],
What Think Ye of the Congress Now?
(New York, 1775); [Daniel Leonard],
The Origins of the American Contest with Great Britain
(Boston, 1774); Jonathan Sewall,
A Cure for the Spleen; or, Amusements for a Winter’s Evening
(Boston, 1775). For extended summaries of the Tory arguments, see John Ferling,
The Loyalist Mind: Joseph Galloway and the American Revolution
(University Park, Pa., 1977), 112–27; Nelson,
American Tory
, 64–84; Jensen,
Founding of a Nation
, 510–13. Galloway’s
Candid Examination
is reprinted in Merrill Jensen, ed.,
Tracts of the American Revolution, 1763–1776
(Indianapolis, Ind., 1967). The Galloway quotations in this paragraph can be found on pages 375–76 of that source. The “scum will rise” quote can be found in Gordon S. Wood,
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787
(Chapel Hill, N.C., 1969), 476.
47
. Galloway,
Candid Examination
, in Jensen,
Tracts of the American Revolution
, 387, 388, 390, 391.