nia Supreme Court, ; protec-
tion of after Continental Congress,
; right to local/jury trial as
Continental Congress grievance,
–, , ; right to local trial,
, , , –, , , , ,
, , , ; right to trial by
jury, , , , , –, ;
search warrants for customs officers,
, –; trials for customs/trade
act violations, –, –; trials
for destruction of property, xlviii,
, ; trials for murder, ,
–; trials for treason (see under
treason); Virginia Superior Court,
; writs of assistance, , –
, . See also admiralty courts,
colonial; judges
Crown: approval of colonial acts, xli–xlii,
xlviii, , ; and colonial gover-
nors, , , , , ; and
colonial judges, , , , ,
; colonial loyalty to, xvi–xvii,
xlviii, , , , –, ;
and colonial rights, , ; gov-
erning colonies, xiii, xv, –,
; grievances against, –,
–, –; on keeping colo-
nies dependent on Britain, –,
; land grants, ; legislative
authority in Parliament, , ,
; power of, xvii, ; powers re-
lating to colonies, xiii, xlviii, ,
; on probability of colonial re-
bellion, li. See also George III; Privy
Council
Cruger, Henry, Jr., , , ,
Cumberland, Duke of ( William Augus-
tus), , –
Currency Act of , , ,
Cushing, Thomas (Boston merchant; in
Speaker of Mass. House), ,
, , , –,
Customs Board, American: authorization
of, ; colonial attitude towards,
–, , ; composition of, ;
as Continental Congress grievance,
; and general writs of assistance,
, , ; Liberty riot, , –
; seeking safety, ; seizure of
ships and cargo, –, –
Customs Board, British,
customs officers: allowing violations of
law, ; assaults on, ; British
navy and, , –, –, ;
Continental Congress and, ;
corruption of, ; enforcement of
regulations, , –; powers of,
, , –; proceeds from
seizures, , , . See also ships
and cargo
Dalrymple, Col. William, ,
Dana, Richard (Mass.),
Dartmouth, nd Earl of ( William Legge),
, , ; and Franklin’s peace
negotiations, ; Gaspee affair, ;
on King’s orders following Boston
Tea Party, –; letter to Gage,
, –; ordering arrests of
Massachusetts Congress leaders,
li–lii; Quebec Act and, , ; re-
action to Boston Tea Party,
Dartmouth (ship), xliv–xlv, –, –
Deane, Silas, , –
De Berdt, Dennys, ,
Declaratory Act of , xi, xxxvii–
xxxviii; Parliament’s power to
make laws binding colonies, ,
–; passage of, , ; and tax-
ation, , –
De Grey, Sir William (st Baron Walsing-
ham), , ,
De Lancey, James (Gov. and Chief Jus-
tice of N.Y.), –, , ,
Delaware’s Continental Congress dele-
gates, ,
Dickinson, John (Pa.): on closing of Port
of Boston, ; as Continental
Congress delegate, , ; The
Late Regulations Respecting the British
courts (continued )