Henry Hulton and the American Revolution
Subtitle: an outsider's inside view
By: Neil Longley York
Contributors: Hulton, Henry, 1733?-1790; Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Series: Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts -- v. 80
Publisher: Colonial Society of Massachusetts; Distributed by the University Press of Virginia
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston; [Charlottesville]
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9780979466281
Subjects: Sources; Causes; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : In time, forgotten; title: Introduction : Imperial odyssey; title: Henry Hulton's writings.; title: Progress of American revenue from the Act of the 6th George II to the establishment of a Board of Customs in America; title: Obstructions to the collection of a revenue in America from the extent of the Coast and the nature of the trade and commerce; title: Obstructions to the revenue laws from the temper of the people at the time of the establishment of the Board of Customs; title: Insufficiency of former measures adopted for security of the revenue in America; title: Modes of resistance to the operation of the revenue laws in America : 1767, 1768; title: Exertions of government in support of its authority in America, 1768; title: Internal difficulties the Board of Customs had to combat with on its establishment; title: Heads of the Faction at Boston on the establishment of the Board of Customs; title: Governor Bernard and Governor Hutchinson; title: Opposition to the revenue laws at Boston, 1769 and 1770; title: Mr. Temple and Dr. Franklin; title: Opposition by the Town of Boston and the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1772, 1773 and 1774 to the revenue law; title: Proceedings on the departure of Governor Hutchinson, June 1774; title: Proceedings of the People in the Province of Massachusetts Bay after the arrival of General Gage as governor to the close of 1774; title: Proceedings of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts Bay, and the Continental Congress at Philadelphia, 1774; title: Instances of persecution in New England whilst the country was in a state of anarchy, 1774; title: Proceedings in the Province of Massachusetts Bay whilst the country was in a state of anarchy and rebellion, 1775; title: A summary of the persecutions and distresses undergone by the Commissioners of the Customs of America; title: Letters; title: Miscellaneous pieces