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test as an oracle for the other. There was even a rumor that he was to be made a baronet. His superciliousness Diary of Oakes Angier. rose with his sense of personal safety; and he gave out, that on the meeting of the legislature, he should play out his part as Governor. In choosing the new House in Massachusetts, many towns, stimulated by the rhapsodies of Otis, Advertisement by Otis, 14 April, 1766. put firm patriots in the places of the doubtful and the timid. Plymouth sent James Warren, the brotherin-law of Otis; and Boston, at the suggestion of Samuel Adams, gave one of its seats to John Hancock, a young merchant of large fortune and a generous nature. At their organization, on the last Wednesday in May, the Representatives elected James Otis their Speaker, and Samuel Adams their Clerk. Otis was still the most influential Member of the House; had long been held in great esteem throughout the province; had been its Delegate to the New-York Congress; and had executed t
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d with inconceivable supplies of force and constancy by that sympathetic ardor which animates good men, confederated in a good cause. You are assigned by Divine Providence, in the appointed order of things, the protector of unborn ages, whose fate depends upon your virtue. The people of Boston responded to this appeal. In a solemn Meeting, Bernard to Hillsborough, 28 March, 1768. Malcom moved their thanks to the ingenious author of the Farmer's Letters; and Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Warren, were of the committee to greet him in the name of the Town as the Friend of Americans, and the benefactor of mankind. They may with equal reason make one step more; wrote Hutchinson to the Duke of Grafton; they may deny the regal as well as the parliamentary authority, although no man as yet has that in his thoughts. Hutchinson to the Duke of Grafton, 27 March, 1768. Du Chatelet, Du Chatelet to Choiseul, 12 March, 1768; and compare other letters. in England, having made his inq
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 34: (search)
pes in the barges, the sloop was towed away to the Romney. A crowd of boys and negroes Hutchinson to Whately, Boston, 18 June, 1768. gathered at the heels Affidavits of Harrison the Collector, B. Hallowell, Jr., the Comptroller, and R. A. Garrison, Jr. 11 June, 1768. Letters to the Ministry, 122, 125. of the Custom House Officers, and threw Chap. XXXIV.} 1768. June. stones, bricks and dirt at them, alarming them, but doing no serious mischief; and while Samuel Adams, Hancock and Warren, with others, were deliberating what was to be done, a mob broke windows in the house of the Comptroller and of an Inspector, and failing to find a boat belonging to the Romney, seized on the Collector's pleasure-boat, dragged it in triumph to Boston Common and burnt it. After this, at about one o'clock, they dispersed, Hutchinson to R. Jackson, 16 June, 1768. De Berdt's Memorial to Hillsborough, with the accompanying affidavits. Bernard's Letter to the Ministry. and the town resumed it
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ire of Boston; union first with all the towns of the Province, and next with the sister Colonies; and the confidence which must precede union could be established only by consummate prudence and self-control. On Saturday, Otis, Samuel Adams, and Warren met at the house of Warren, Bernard to Hillsborough, 16 September, 1768, Letters to the Ministry, 70. Corner's Diary, 10 September, 1768. and drew up the plan for the Town Meeting, the Resolves, and the order of the debates. The subject was Warren, Bernard to Hillsborough, 16 September, 1768, Letters to the Ministry, 70. Corner's Diary, 10 September, 1768. and drew up the plan for the Town Meeting, the Resolves, and the order of the debates. The subject was not wholly new; Otis had long before pointed out the proper mode of redress in the contingency Diary of John Adams, in Works, II. 161, 162. which had now occurred. It must be ascertained if the Colony in the midst of excitement could preserve the self-possession necessary for instituting government. Captain Corner's Diary, Sunday, 11 Sept. 1768. All day Sunday Bernard suffered from false alarms and threats as usual; insisted, that a rising was agreed upon; Bernard to Gage, 16 Sept.
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hich ran plentifully in the street, and was imprinted in all directions by the foot-tracks on the snow. Our hearts, says Warren, beat to arms; almost resolved by one stroke to avenge the death of our slaughtered brethren. Warren's Oration, 5 MarcWarren's Oration, 5 March, 1772. But they stood self-possessed and irresistible, demanding justice according to the law. Did you not know, that you should not have fired without the order of a Chap XLIII.} 1770. March civil Magistrate? asked Hutchinson on meeting Preston, 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 Lieutenant Governor surrounded by the Council and b of grievances, I observed his knees to tremble; I saw his face grow pale; and I enjoyed the sight. Samuel Adams to James Warren, of Plymouth, 25 March, 1771. As the Committee left the Council Chamber, Hutchinson's memory was going back in his rev
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Governor, seemed to many a pledge of relenting; and his plausible professions hushed the people into silence. The glorious spirit of liberty is vanquished and left without hope but in a miracle, said desponding patriots. I confess, said Samuel Adams, we have, as Wolfe expressed it, a choice of difficulties. Too many flatter themselves that their pusillanimity is true prudence; but in perilous times like these, I cannot conceive of prudence without fortitude. Compare Samuel Adams to James Warren of Plymouth, 25 March, 1771. He persever- Chap. XLVII.} 1771. June. ed; but John Adams retired from the service of the people, and devoting himself to his profession, John Adams: Works, II. 260, 301, 302. for a time ceased even to employ his pen in their defence. John Adams: Diary, June 22, 1771. Otis who had returned to the Legislature, disordered in mind, and jealous of his declining influence, did but impede the public cause. In Hancock, also, vanity so mingled with patriotism
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dea of the Committee of Correspondence came from James Warren of Plymouth, is wholly incorrect. The traditionicated it by letters to several, among others to James Warren; and the answers of the latter, which are preserdea of the Committee of Correspondence came from James Warren of Plymouth, is wholly incorrect. The traditionicated it by letters to several, among others to James Warren; and the answers of the latter, which are preserProvince. No more complaining, thus he wrote to James Warren of Plymouth; it is more than time to be rid of bation of the old Colony. The flame caught. James Warren of Plymouth, to S Adams, 8 Nov. 1772. Plymouth, violated rights; and like Roxbury S. Adams to James Warren, 27 Nov. 1772, and Journals. and Plymouth, Jodead; and cannot be raised without a miracle. James Warren of Plymouth to Samuel Adams, 8 Dec. 1772. I am vble confidence was justified. Samuel Adams to James Warren, 9 Dec. 1772. In Plymouth itself, there were nin
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 50: (search)
d the spot. As the consignees did not make their appearance, the Assembly, appointing Molineux, Warren and others a Committee, marched into State Street to the warehouse of Richard Clarke, where all athan 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 Samuee conducted with great order, decency, and perfect submission to government. John Adams to James Warren, 17 Dec. 1773. The people around, as they looked on, were so still, that the noise of breakinmore firmly than Chap. L.} 1773. Dec. ever. Cooper to Franklin, 17 Dec. 1773; S. Adams to James Warren, 28 Dec. 1773. 1773. The Philadelphians unanimously approved what Boston had done. Clymer vania. Old jealousies were removed and perfect harmony subsisted between all. S. Adams to James Warren, 28 Dec. 1773. The heart of the King was hardened against them like that of Pharaoh; Compa