We find that a part of your Majesty’s subjects in the province of the Massachusetts Bay have proceeded so far to resist the authority of the supreme legislature, that a rebellion at this time actually exists.… We consider it as our indispensable duty, humbly to beseech your Majesty that you will take the most effectual measures to enforce due obedience to the laws and authority of the supreme legislature. George was nearsighted, and some faces around the room were blurry as he read his brief reply, composed with North’s help: You may depend on my taking the most speedy and effectual measures
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