 | Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 510 pages
...was a member of a Committee of the House of Burgesses, appointed to prepare a Petition to the Kins, a Memorial to the House of Lords, and a Remonstrance to the House of Commons, on the subject of the proposed Stamp Act. He tras made draughtsman of the last, and,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 608 pages
...which he was a member. A special committee having, in consequence, been appointed to draught an address to the king, a memorial to the house of lords, and a remonstrance to the house of commons, Mr. Lee was placed on it, and selected to prepare the two first papers. These, accordingly,... | |
 | 1838 - 1050 pages
...which he was a member. A special committee having in consequence been appointed to draught an address to the king, a memorial to the house of lords, and a remonstrance to the house of commons, Mr. Lee was placed on it and selected to prepare the two first papers. These accordingly... | |
 | L. Carroll Judson - 1839 - 364 pages
...own judgment. In 1764, on the 14th of November, he was appointed a member of the committee to prepare a petition to the King, a memorial to the House of Lords, and a remonstrance to the House of Commons on the impropriety and injustice of the proposed stamp act. The remonstrance was from... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1841 - 490 pages
...he was a member. A special committee having, in con sequence, been appointed to draught, an address to the king, a memorial to the house of lords, and a remonstrance to the house of commons, Mr Lee was placed m it, and selected to prepare the two first papers. These, accordingly,... | |
 | 1842 - 668 pages
...by stating that the General Vssembly of New York, at their session previous, had determined to send a petition to the King, a memorial to the House of Lords, and a remonstrance to the House of Commons, on the subject of American grievances ; and the members of said Assembly, as ho had... | |
 | Robert W. Lincoln - 1842 - 610 pages
...oppressions of the mother country. In November, 1764, he was placed on a committee to prepare an address to the King, a memorial to the House of Lords, and a remonstrance to the Commons, in opposition to the odious stamp act. In August, 1774, he was elected a delegate from Virginia... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 494 pages
...Virginia, the House of Burgesses, on receiving information of the declaratory act, prepared an address to the king, a memorial to the House of Lords, and a remonstrance to the House of Commons. The confiscations of the naval commanders put a stop to the commerce which the English... | |
 | Robert Taylor Conrad - 1846 - 900 pages
...November, 1764, he was appointed a member of a committee of the house of burgesses, to prepare and report a petition to the king; a memorial to the house of lords, and a remonstrance to the house of commons on the subject of the proposed stamp act. The latter paper was drawn up by Wythe,... | |
 | Henry Onderdonk - 1846 - 322 pages
...only legal and' constitutional representatives * * have petitioned his most gracious Majesty, sent a memorial to the House of Lords and a remonstrance to the House of Commons : we are determined to wait patiently the issue of those measures, and avoid every... | |
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Memorial to the House of Lords, and a Remonstrance to the House of Commons, on the subject of the proposed Stamp Act. 
