Excerpt from Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, 1729-1731 Permanently established grant, the Governor would not yield. On its part the House insisted upon an allowance voted from year to year. The King attempted to intimidate the House by threatening to refer the matter to Parliament and by holding up the probability of the loss of their Charter. The House, assured by the Agents in London that there was no danger, held firm. The Agents were of the opinion that the jealousies of party leaders would prevent the matter being brought before Parliament. The interchange of messages on this subject between Governor Burnet and his successors on the one hand, and the House of Representatives on the other, continued during the two years covered by these Journals, and all the arguments of which the question was susceptible were exhausted without sign of yielding on either side.' Burnet refused to sign the warrant for the members' pay, which caused them considerable distress and doubtless gave the Governor corresponding satisfaction. 2. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.