William Pitt (Lord Chatam)

Hostilities with America

My Lords, this is a dying moment; perhaps but six weeks left to arrest the dangers that surround us….

Removing troops from Boston

MY LORDS–After more than six weeks’ possession of the papers now before you, on a subject so momentous, at…

Quartering british troops in Boston

MY LORDS,–The unfavorable state of health under which I have long labored, could not prevent me from laying before…

The right of taxing America

MR. SPEAKER,–I came to town but to-day. I was a stranger to the tenor of his Majesty’s speech, and…

The Defence Of Weaker States

My Lords, I cannot agree with the noble duke, that nothing less than an immediate attack upon the honour…

Defense of the American Colonies

Gentlemen, Sir, I have been charged with giving birth to sedition in America. They have spoken their sentiments with freedom…