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easures. Charles Lee, a British Officer on half-pay, resolved to devote himself to the cause of mankind and of liberty now attacked in their last and only asylum. Lee to H. Gates, 6 May, 1773. Glorious Virginia, cried the Legislature of Rhode Island, glowing with admiration for its patriotic and illustrious House of Burgesses; and this New England Province was the first to follow the example of the Old Dominion, by electing its Committees and sending its Circular through the land. Metcalf Bowler to Speaker of the House of N. H. 15 May, 1773. In Massachusetts, so soon as the Government for the year was organized, the House on the motion of Samuel Adams, and by a vote of one hundred and nine to four, expressed its gratitude to the Burgesses of Virginia for their uniform vigilance, firmness and wisdom, and its hearty concurrence in their judicious and spirited Resolves. And then it elected its Committee of Correspondence, fifteen in number. New Hampshire and Connecticut did t