 They were not of the nature of private letters between friends. They were written by public officers to persons in public stations, on public affairs, and intended to procure public measures; they were therefore handed to other public persons, who might...  Annual Register of World Events - Seite 1521803Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Torrey Morse - 1889 - 454 Seiten
...prevention of further mischief, as far as such a declaration may contribute to prevent it) that I alone am the person who obtained and transmitted to Boston the letters in question. Mr. Whately could not communicate them, because they were never in his possession ; and for the same reason... | |
 | Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts - 1895 - 704 Seiten
...writing to the Printer of the Public Advertiser, says : — " Mr W[hately] could not com" municate them, because they were never in his possession ;...same " reason, they could not be taken from him by M' T[emple]," p. 435. WILLIAM GERARD DE BRAHM to LORD DARTMOUTH. 1773, August 31. At M" Smith, Queens... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1896 - 496 Seiten
...WH Whitmore, in the Nation, vol. xxxviii., p. 298, gives a slightly different account of the says, " of the nature of private letters between friends. They were written by public officers, to persons in public station, on public affairs, and intended to procure public measures.... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1896 - 522 Seiten
...transaction and its circumstances of which both of them are totally ignorant and innocent. I alone am the person who obtained and transmitted to Boston the letters in question." On the eleventh of January 1774, Franklin for Massachusetts, and Mauduit with Wedderburn for Hutchinson... | |
 | Edward Robins - 1898 - 444 Seiten
...the person who obtained and transmitted to Boston the letters in question. "Mr. W.," he explained, " could not communicate them, because they were never...his possession ; and for the same reason they could never be taken from him by Mr. T. They were not of the nature of private letters between friends. They... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 506 Seiten
...once took upon himself the whole odium and responsibility of the transaction. "I alone," he said, "am the person who obtained and transmitted to Boston the letters in question." At once a furious storm of public indignation was hurled at the illustrious inson's letters were deposited... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1902 - 498 Seiten
...once took upon himself the whole odium and responsibility of the transaction. "I alone," he said, "am the person who obtained and transmitted to Boston the letters in question." At once a furious storm of public indignation was hurled at the illustrious inson's letters were deposited... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1904 - 568 Seiten
...prevention of further mischief, as far as such a declaration may contribute to prevent it), that I alone am the person who obtained and transmitted to Boston...letters between friends. They were written by public officers to persons in public stations, on public affairs, and intended to procure public measures;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 354 Seiten
...declaration may contribute to prevent it) that I alone am the person who obtained and transmitted to 252 Boston the letters in question. Mr W. could not communicate...letters between friends. They were written by public officers to persons in public stations, on public affairs, and intended to procure public measures... | |
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