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The to the King, 1775

Lorna Gayle Cooper College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences

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Recommended Citation Cooper, Lorna Gayle, "The Olive Branch Petition to the King, 1775" (1967). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539624621. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-z74q-n355

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Although e w n y ' delegate ai^aei tte pa&xti&m, «Mi0 r9 M & o n 0& mmppc^t for It wo® far fro© namtsoiiai' therefore# It was . i ? * probably voted or by eoleniee ratter tte*» by persons# fiila wall! ©2 pi M a nty St* date^N? Perish# S©orglar appears la the list' of peiiiiotwa in ©vary draft until Charles Sho&soa deletes it from l&aot&y JSafcXaekfs eop^ •* h&ch was re*** ported fro© comithe©* It bad previously boon decided that siac© tywaa Hall did not officially represent *te colony of Georgia# lie m uid veto fur all except taten the seeti~ &mkm -of' the Congress M#re totem by colonies Thcnsas Jefferson believed tte colonial representatives looted ujHm th$ eddrooe trlth disgast and %ir# MellJtasen% delimit at- its passage t#aa the only circSBstane© which recmciled the© to

If #H tte o&a®*ouw©*%* dote ^ tetes by fu r tte sujofc w e a l i n M s objections* ff© na&o m m p m m iM m fo r gtvifig bte

x h * m w > 3 e , lit 4®*S»* o f Ikn® C eleries wMeb are' ■ foatete 1 thials im th eir Wishes ate passions# bfieir Hope© ate Fears# rattier than in Eeasern and Itedeae© w ill give a wM m iaai Cast to %te froeetetags of tlas Congress* Vatt w ill ao© a strange O scillation between lo w and hatred# Imbwees War ate f#a©o^FreparatiaM for War and logooiati«0 for 'B e rn e * if© «w l h a w a ietJU ties to tfee King ate a delicate fropoaal of Sagoei&ticaa* ©to*. IM ® lfeg#aiatiaa X ilrete lite Death* Bmfe it m at be jn^sposte* We ©mat avoM it# Bis-eerd and to tal M sm ica f@uM be fete certain Effect of a reealnb© Refusal to petition mid neggociahe* lly Hopes aw that M inistry w ill fee afraid of itegociation as w ell as Wo ate therefore refuse it* Xf they agree to it# lie shall have Cession fo r all" cor Wit yigilaaee ate Virtue to avoid feeing deoeivte# wfeeedled# threatened or bribed oat of e w freedom* Xf w© Stremioasly latest upon our liberties# as 1 hope ate && pretty ewe We sh a ll however# a negotiation* If agreed to# will terminate in EotMng# it w ill effect nothing* We my poeaiMy gain firae ate fcteer m d t e » # & ft© M bl* to fttoft tolhftto * ItoeA #ls«« to te©p- ftte

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%otli* fix# Political Writings of dull# Biekifxaom

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C^patsy of fthtlad&lphia ^ the doonn^ont xs roughly witteii# wiiti seteraX deletions m & changes* mm four quarto pages* 4ftoft $&&$ early -ettompto fit# toefe of ©empo^Moa .fell upon tto shouXaors of JNN&te&oxi^ who- dad not find i t to- ©iiisy ■ J#h* ftor© siirm ws is the totoftt E* l ^ i topers of ito

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*% ® h n day «0raft of 0 p e titio n to Georgs XXX* 1 7 7 $ * n Ite m . ®S?h in the Oio.fei.asoa Papers* library Company of FMladelphia#. now on deposit with ito l-Estorioal Society of Pennsylvania*

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those colonies* triio fur/o tepate^. us fee renresenfe fetest

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®®38bto n o vto to n As - t o SfottiSSB^s bontl# your s tilt, fa ith fu l coieitost% that when we consider whom w® m m t oppose $m this contests and if it continue# what may t o th e ommmipmmmp our own p articular [email protected] are afiuutiuted toy u % only as parte of tor diate#s% ^

...saepa##i:ti3L mmmt that pap. te :iia^t:. ,.id|.ll.. . t e hi addition to our

Enowing* to what yieleiih resentments and incurable ante aoaities* ^tfeo. .aatual .iuiuries..i^toiiii.ti^y -mML% di#eori!% ### apt to esuii^pute' « d to# ©toteadiiig parties^ Wo think ours©!*## i*aa«stoto by indispensable obligations to h&atgfc&y Codf to your M a je s ty * to our fattest s u b je c ts * and to ourselves# iaw oiiatoty to use a lt to# ®aus in our p ow er mot witii » safety* for stopping to# further effusion #f bleed* and fo r #f#rtiug tee .iapoadlag calam ities tost threaten to# iritis li aagpte#*^

fh m ’ called upon to address your majesty on a ffa irs of such #om#at to a«rioaf: «ti profeiWy to alt your dois*iiii*»% 4 mm are earnestly desirous of .porfotmiug' tots office with to# utm ost deference fo r your Majesbyf and we teerefore pray* tosh your' royal magnanimity and benevolence say- m a te to# m m t tm m m bl# ooastr«oti:mi of4 a m ) mm 4$ f .may uaat on so moomoxi an oecaaion* Could we r#pf#teat in ­ tonate fu ll force 'to# soutiw ute teat agitato to# minds of us

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^%iakio0ou l « wrote to# le ft margin that **lhts Clause should m m ® t o b e f o r e too m xt proceeding** tot la te r changed, his iniid and or ©tn* out, m your ■dutiful subjects, t*e ore persuaded,

tea’ ihotyour goodness would

Mm . .our language* or even

-M ix . n ih ility of so .e x a c tly .either words, ..or. a c tlo n a *

ifleieint.. in renpeto .to their .focqes |e.,endl. authority mm;.m o u r y e w -mmJeaty would aserito ilevlatien fm m . m m m m m In our. jangua^ % toes An tor naaduet* not to hie intention* to t to to# AfipegstMllty of reconciling thm- -usual appearances of respect’ w ito a Just abteuMon to ear gam

a rtfu l # #ir«t©tm m a im m ' w h o a t o n e year royal confidence # auteority .for the our destoaoMaitoctat to your Majesty*# tof0#% family if- gsvefnmeiit w&th a ll bte devotion that I toferl and affection can inspire* eeiineeAeit w ito great Srihain by the strongest ties that can unite societies* and deploring

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correction is in ‘toe k m i of Charles ftomsoo* In to® approved version* a now paragrafii begins w ith the word ^itbiMtoed*^

i% ioM nson substituted ‘ toe word tfyioeApl©** for ^klttby*'11 so

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the- f m m «*■ Jiai«jflf between teg* and these .eeto*i£e% i$sy lie restored*. h u t tftiit a- o o ^ m d .m o y te eatafeltolied toetoseit them tijie ir mo f& m # a s t o ^ i 4pa%imfc0 .fte

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