Lord Chatham's Speech on the American Stamp Act

When I read the question of your correspondent {221}(in No. 1. p. 12.) on this subject, I saw at once its importance; for, if my Lord Brougham's statements were correct, our historians must forthwith re-write a somewhat important chapter in our history. I felt assured, however, that it was not correct; and the result of a somewhat tedious search is as I had anticipated. His lordship had made an error in a date and 1764 should be 1766. The authority, not acknowledged by his lordship, was, no doubt, the *Parliamentary History of* 1766 (vol. xvi. p. 96.), where your correspondent will find the st…