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The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
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House of Commons proceedings: American papers read, revealing rebellious actions in Boston over Tea Ships, including war on royal authority and push for colonial independence; no debate, adjourned to Monday.
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About half an Hour after three, the American Papers were taken into Consideration, when the Clerk read a great Number of Papers and Letters to and from America.
It appeared, from some of the above Papers, that the Town of Boston had such a Share in the Transactions relative to the Tea Ships as was quite rebellious; that the People of that Town and Country had actually made and levied War on the legal Authority of his Majesty, derived not from Custom or Prescription only, but from the explicit Letter of various Acts of Parliament; that this Rebellion had proceeded to such Lengths that it flowed from avowed Principles of Resistance, Superiority, and Independence; that it was the Opinion of Governors, and other Writers of those Letters and Dispatches, that if Affairs in that Part of the World were left to their present Situation all legal Government would be subverted, and the Independence of the Colonies established.
No Debate ensued; and the House adjourned the farther Consideration of the American Papers until Monday next. No Stranger was admitted into the Gallery of the House of Commons.
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no debate ensued; house adjourned consideration until monday next.
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About half an Hour after three, the American Papers were taken into Consideration, when the Clerk read a great Number of Papers and Letters to and from America. It appeared from some of the above Papers that the Town of Boston had such a Share in the Transactions relative to the Tea Ships as was quite rebellious; that the People of that Town and Country had actually made and levied War on the legal Authority of his Majesty, derived not from Custom or Prescription only, but from the explicit Letter of various Acts of Parliament; that this Rebellion had proceeded to such Lengths that it flowed from avowed Principles of Resistance, Superiority, and Independence; that it was the Opinion of Governors, and other Writers of those Letters and Dispatches, that if Affairs in that Part of the World were left to their present Situation all legal Government would be subverted, and the Independence of the Colonies established.