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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition., Chapter 10: (search)
e of that town hastened to meet the committee of Cambridge. On their arrival, they found Danforth, a county judge and mandamus councillor, addressing four thousand people who stood in the open air round the court house steps; and such order prevailed, that the low voice of the feeble old man was heard by the whole multitude. He finished by giving a written promise, never to be any way concerned as a member of the council. Lee, in like manner, confirmed his former resignation. The turn of Phipps, the high sheriff, came next, and he signed an agreement not to execute any precept under the new act of parliament. Oliver, the lieutenant governor, who resided at Cambridge, repaired to Boston in the greatest distress. It is not a mad mob, said he to the British admiral; and he warned Gage that sending out troops would be attended with the most fatal consequences. Had they marched only five miles into the country, Warren was of opinion that not a man of them would have been saved. Ga