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The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke (1); In the House of Commons, and in Westminster-Hall
The Speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke In the House of Commons and in WestminsterHall - 1 Author:Edmund Burke Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1816 Original Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Subjects: Great Britain United States History / Europe / Great Britain History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) Law / General Law / Constitutional Philosophy / Political ... more » Political Science / Constitutions Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Mr. Burke's Resolutions Relating To The Disorders In North America. May 8. 'THIS day Mr. Burke moved, i. " That so much of his majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of parliament, upon the loth of March 1768, as relates to his majesty's colonies in North America, might be read. 2. That the preamble of an act made in the yth of his present majesty's reign, intituled, ' An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs, upon the exportation from this kingdom, of coffee and cocoa nuts, of the produce of the said colonies or plantations; for discontinuing the drawbacks payable on china earthen-ware exported to America; and for more effectually preventing the clandestine running of goods in the said colonies and plantations;' might be read. 3. That so much of his majesty's most gracious speech to both Houses of parliament, upon the 8th of November 1768, as relates to his majesty's colonies in America, might be read. 4. That the copy of a letter from the Earl of Hillsborough, to Governor Bernard, dated Whitehall, April 22. 1768: and also, copy of circular letter to all the governors on the continent of America, except Massachusets Bay, East Florida, and Quebec, Whitehall, April 21. 1768 : and also, copy of Governor Bernard...« less