Who attributed to King George II the quote "Will someone please remove these infernal chains?"
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You may be thinking of the following letter published in the Boston Post-Boy in December 1773:
WHEREAS our nation have lately been informed, that the fetters which have been forged for us (by the parliament of Great-Britain) are hourly expected to arrive, in a certain ship, belonging to, or chartered by, the East-India Company. We do therefore declare, that we are determined not to be enslaved, by any power on earth; and that whosoever shall aid, or abet, so infamous a design, or shall presume to let their store, or stores, for the reception of the infernal chains, may depend upon it, that we are prepared, and shall not fail to pay them an unwelcome visit, in which they shall be treated as they deserve;
by The MOHAWKS.
(my emphasis)
Quoted in The Military and Naval Magazine of the United States, Volume 5 p265
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