tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post8115948568118293814..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The House of Lords Considers the Declaratory ActUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-53324836479307340332016-02-17T12:14:02.075-05:002016-02-17T12:14:02.075-05:00Shelburne, Vermont, was also named after the Secon...Shelburne, Vermont, was also named after the Second Earl and Barre, Vermont, after Isaac Barre.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430151102779191991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-13621271337991357952016-02-16T23:51:32.817-05:002016-02-16T23:51:32.817-05:00Shelburne, Massachusetts, was also named after the...Shelburne, Massachusetts, was also named after the Earl of Shelburne, in 1768. It was one of several locations in America named after British statesmen of the mid-1700s, such as Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey. <br /><br />I checked to see if Bolton, Massachusetts, or Torrington, Connecticut, were among those places, but no. Since British peers usually took their names from British places, and New England settlers usually named their towns after British places, there was a lot of overlap. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-41688654531075682782016-02-16T20:59:19.251-05:002016-02-16T20:59:19.251-05:00Even more ironic is that the Earl of Shelburne was...Even more ironic is that the Earl of Shelburne was the namesake for the town of Shelburne, NS, which became the single biggest destination for Loyalists who fled the U.S. as the war ended. Of all those who left, 10,000 made their way to Shelburne (at least initially).<br /><br />Also interesting that Cornwallis, Torrington, Camden and Shelburne are all places in NS, and all have some connection to the dissenters of the Act.(I think). Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-40997886543152394342016-02-15T12:47:12.745-05:002016-02-15T12:47:12.745-05:00Cornwallis was a member of a tiny minority voting ...Cornwallis was a member of a tiny minority voting against the Declaratory Act--amazing! <br /><br />Talk about the ironies of history!Don Carleton (Jr.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02995856884718068236noreply@blogger.com