His Excellency, the Earl of Bellomont's speech to the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives, conven'd in General Assembly, at Boston,... (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

"WHAT I propos'd last May's Session for the advantage of the Province in relation to the Settlement of the Colledge, and Fortifying this Harbour, was so coldly entertain'd by the Assembly, That I am almost discourag'd from renewing my Advice on those heads. Yet my zeal for the Publick Service will not suffer me to pass over in silence those two material points. The Settlement of the Colledge will best be obtain'd in my opinion by Addressing the KING for His Royal Charter of Priviledges. And as for Fortifying the Harbour, that is in your own power to do, and will I am perswaded be pleasing to the KING, who desires, and delights in, the welfare and security of His people." This is an edition of a classical book first published in the eighteenth century.