Note 246 — Chapter I · (continued 2)

Pownall (b. 1722; d. 1805), who knew America well from residence and official station, proved a man of great forecast, and a prudent, conciliatory friend of both countries. We have his speech in Parliament in 1769 (Haven in Thomas, ii. 604, 649), and know how impatient Parliament was of his wisdom (Smyth, Lectures on Mod. Hist., Bohn's ed., ii. 384-85). We see his admirable spirit in his correspondence (1772) with James Bowdoin (Mass. Hist. Soc. Proc., v. 238).