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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 43: (search)
As Faneuil Hall could not hold the throng from the surrounding country, the Town had adjourned to the Old South Meeting House. The street between the State House and that church was filled with people. Make way for the Committee, was the shout of the multitude, as Adams came out from the Council Chamber, and baring his head, which was already becoming gray, moved through their ranks, inspiring heroic confidence. To the people who crowded even the gallery and aisles of the spacious Meeting House, he made his report, and pronounced the answer insufficient. On ordinary occasions he seemed like ordinary men; but in moments of crisis, he rose naturally and unaffectedly into the attitude of highest dignity, and spoke as if the hopes of humanity were dependent on his words. The Town, after deliberation, raised a new and smaller Committee, composed of Samuel Adams, Hancock, Molineux, William Phillips, Warren, Henshaw and Pemberton, to bear their final message. They found the Lieuten
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 50: (search)
enter his ship till Tuesday; Journals of the Committee, VI. 458; Information of Francis Rotch. and authorized Samuel Adams to invite the Committees of the five surrounding towns, Dorchester, Roxbury, Brookline, Cambridge, and Charlestown, with their Chap. L.} 1773. Nov. own townsmen and those of Boston to hold a Mass Meeting the next morning. Faneuil Hall could not contain the people, that poured in on Monday. The concourse was the largest ever known. Adjourning to the Old South Meeting-house, Jonathan Williams did not fear to act as Moderator, nor Samuel Adams, Hancock, Young, Molineux, and Warren Francis Rotch's. Information. to conduct the business of the meeting. On the motion of Samuel Adams, who entered fully into the question, the Assembly, composed of upwards of five thousand persons, resolved unanimously, that the tea should be sent back to the place from whence it came at all events, and that no duty should be paid on it. The only way to get rid of it said Youn