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552 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
The repeal of the Stamp Act was received in Maryland with unbounded
joy, and the people expressed their gratification in every form that could be
devised, town vying with town, and county with county in patriotic demonstrations. There was a general jubilee as for a great deliverance. On the
receipt of the news in Annapolis on the 22d of May, both Houses of the
Legislature then in session, adjourned to the council chamber, "where loyal
and patriotic toasts were drunk, the guns at the dock at the same time firing,"
amid other demonstrations of joy. The 4th of June being the king's birthday, was celebrated in Annapolis with the firing of guns, punch-drinking
and other festivities, and in the evening with a general illumination of the
city. In all sections of the province subscriptions were made for the erection
of a monument and statue to William Pitt " for the universal services done
to this province and continent, and to the lovers of liberty in general." In
November, 1766, the House of Delegates, " taking into their most serious consideration, the noble and spirited conduct of the Eight Honorable William
Pitt, now Earl of Chatham, and the Right Honorable Charles Pratt, Lord
Camden, late Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and now Lord High
Chancellor of England, in defending and supporting
the rights and liberties of their fellow-subjects in general," " to transmit to posterity their grateful sentiments
of the inflexible integrity, and conspicuous abilities of
these shining ornaments of their country, and as a
monument of their virtue" and " a lasting testimony
of the gratitude of the freemen of Maryland," unanimously decreed, that a marble statue of Chatham
should be erected in the city of Annapolis, and a
portrait of Lord Camden, by some eminent hand,
should be placed in the provincial court. Messrs.
george in. Thomas Ringgold, Thomas Johnson, Daniel Wolsten-
holme, John Hall, Charles Grahame, John Hanson, Jr., William Murdock and
Samuel Chase brought in a bill to carry the resolutions into effect, which was
passed by the Lower House but was rejected in the Upper, owing to the differences existing between the two branches of the assembly. At the" same time
they unanimously resolved, "That the most grateful thanks, and sincere
acknowledgments of this House be presented by Mr. Garth1 to the Right
Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield, the Right Honorable Lord Shelbourne,
Secretary Conway, General Howard, Col. Barre, Sir George Saville, Alderman
Beckford, and any others of the lords and commons, Mr. Garth may think
have acted the like glorious part of defending through principle the just
rights of the colonists; and that they be assured, their honor shall never be
tarnished, or their dignity be lessened, but their memories will be endeared by
their benevolence and regard to British America." The assembly, " impressed
1 This Mr. Charles Garth was a member of Parliament, and the agent of the province in
London.
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000588 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 552 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. The repeal of the Stamp Act was received in Maryland with unbounded joy, and the people expressed their gratification in every form that could be devised, town vying with town, and county with county in patriotic demonstrations. There was a general jubilee as for a great deliverance. On the receipt of the news in Annapolis on the 22d of May, both Houses of the Legislature then in session, adjourned to the council chamber, "where loyal and patriotic toasts were drunk, the guns at the dock at the same time firing," amid other demonstrations of joy. The 4th of June being the king's birthday, was celebrated in Annapolis with the firing of guns, punch-drinking and other festivities, and in the evening with a general illumination of the city. In all sections of the province subscriptions were made for the erection of a monument and statue to William Pitt " for the universal services done to this province and continent, and to the lovers of liberty in general." In November, 1766, the House of Delegates, " taking into their most serious consideration, the noble and spirited conduct of the Eight Honorable William Pitt, now Earl of Chatham, and the Right Honorable Charles Pratt, Lord Camden, late Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and now Lord High Chancellor of England, in defending and supporting the rights and liberties of their fellow-subjects in general," " to transmit to posterity their grateful sentiments of the inflexible integrity, and conspicuous abilities of these shining ornaments of their country, and as a monument of their virtue" and " a lasting testimony of the gratitude of the freemen of Maryland," unanimously decreed, that a marble statue of Chatham should be erected in the city of Annapolis, and a portrait of Lord Camden, by some eminent hand, should be placed in the provincial court. Messrs. george in. Thomas Ringgold, Thomas Johnson, Daniel Wolsten- holme, John Hall, Charles Grahame, John Hanson, Jr., William Murdock and Samuel Chase brought in a bill to carry the resolutions into effect, which was passed by the Lower House but was rejected in the Upper, owing to the differences existing between the two branches of the assembly. At the" same time they unanimously resolved, "That the most grateful thanks, and sincere acknowledgments of this House be presented by Mr. Garth1 to the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield, the Right Honorable Lord Shelbourne, Secretary Conway, General Howard, Col. Barre, Sir George Saville, Alderman Beckford, and any others of the lords and commons, Mr. Garth may think have acted the like glorious part of defending through principle the just rights of the colonists; and that they be assured, their honor shall never be tarnished, or their dignity be lessened, but their memories will be endeared by their benevolence and regard to British America." The assembly, " impressed 1 This Mr. Charles Garth was a member of Parliament, and the agent of the province in London. |
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