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1 and none believed he would relent. Union,
Chap. L.} 1773. Dec.
therefore, was the cry; a union which should reach ‘from Florida to the icy plains’ of Canada. ‘No time is to be lost,’ said the Boston Press; ‘a Congress or a Meeting of the American States is indispensable; and what the people wills, shall be effected.’2 Samuel Adams was in his glory.3 He had led Boston to be foremost in duty, and cheerfully offer itself as a sacrifice for the liberties of mankind.

1 [489] A. Lee to S. Adams, Dec. 1773.

2 Boston Gazette, 27 Dec. 1773; 977, 1, 2 and 3.

3 Hutchinson to——, 30 Dec. 1773.

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