Fuller R. - 1774

House of Commons, May 24th.
At a quarter past three o’clock Lord North came, and the order of the day, for the whole House going into a Committee on the Boston bill, was read.  The Speaker left the chair, and the House resolved itself into a Committee, Mr. Grey Cowper, Chairman.

Lord North spake <sic> for a considerable time in support of the bill, and the clauses were all agreed to, and the blanks filled up.  The Committee broke up immediately, and made their report, when the bill was ordered to be read a second time immediately and ingrossed.

Mr. R. Fuller made a motion, that instead of the fine of 20,000£ be inflicted on the Bostonians for their demolishing the tea belonging to the East India Company.  The motion occasioned a debate of upwards of four hours, the principle speakers in which were Lord North, Mr. Jenkinson, Mr. Herbert, General Conway, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Ward, Colonel Barre, and Mr. Montague.  On the opposite side, Mr. Byng, Mr. Dempster, Mr. Fuller, Mr. C. Fox, Mr. Oliver.
~ Virginia Gazette, 09-Jun-1774, Page 4, Column 2