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Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination. The White Mountains on the one side, and the ocean on the other, were witnesses to the patriot's vow I see we must part, rejoined Sewall; but this adieu is the sharpest thorn on which I ever set my foot. Two days in advance of Massachusetts, the assembly of Rhode Island unanimously chose delegates to the general congress, which they desired to see Chap. IV.} 1774. June. annually renewed. The promptness of Maryland was still more remarkable; for it could proceed only by a convention of its people. But so universal was their zeal, so rapid their organization, that their provincial convention met at Annapolis on the twenty-second of June, and before any message had been received from Salem, they elected delegates to the congress. With a modesty worthy of their courage, they apologized to Virginia for moving in advance; pleading as their excuse the inferiority of their province in extent and numbers, s
Carolina City (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
vague propositions for conciliation; so that Leonard deceived not himself only, but the governor, into the belief, that the legislature would lead the way to concession, and that on the arrival of more troops, an indemnity to the East India company would be publicly advocated. The whole continent was looking towards Boston. Don't pay for an ounce of the damned tea, wrote Gadsden on the fourteenth of June, as he shipped for the poor of Boston the first gifts of rice from the planters of Carolina. On that day,, the fourth regiment, known as the king's own, encamped on Boston Common; the next, it was joined by the fortythird. Two companies of artillery and eight pieces Chap. IV.} 1774. June. of ordnance had already reinforced Castle William; and more battalions of infantry were hourly expected. The friends of government increased their activity, exerted every art to win over the tradesmen, and assumed a menacing aspect. There will be no congress, they said; New York will never
East India (search for this): chapter 5
owdoin, who, however, proved unable to attend, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Cushing, and Robert Treat Paine were chosen delegates. To defray their expenses, a tax of five hundred pounds was apportioned on the province. The towns were charged to afford speedy and constant relief to Boston and Charlestown, whose fortitude was preserving the liberties of their country. Domestic manufactures were encouraged, and it was strongly recommended to discontinue the use of all goods imported from the East Indies and Great Britain, until the public grievances of America should be radically and totally redressed. In the midst of these proceedings the governor sent his secretary with a message for dissolving the assembly. But he knocked at its door in vain, and could only read the proclamation to the crowd on the stairs. I could not get a worse council, or a worse assembly, reported Gage; with exceptions, they appear little more than echoes to the contrivers of all the mischief in the town of B
Casco Bay (Maine, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
ars he had refused to attend town meetings; he had kept aloof from the committee of correspondence, even in the time when it concerted the destruction of the tea. The morning of that day dawned on him in private life; the evening saw him a representative of Massachusetts to the general congress. That summer he followed the circuit for the last time. Great Britain, thus Sewall, his friend and associate at the bar, expostulated with him, as they strolled together on the hill that overhangs Casco Bay, with its thousand isles, Great Britain is determined on her system; and her power is irresistible. That very determination of Great Britain in her system, determines mine, answered Adams; swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country, is my unalterable determination. The White Mountains on the one side, and the ocean on the other, were witnesses to the patriot's vow I see we must part, rejoined Sewall; but this adieu is the sharpest thorn on which I ever set my foot. T
Marblehead (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
sailor roamed the streets Chap. IV.} 1774. June 1. listlessly without hope of employment. The law was executed with a rigor that went beyond the intentions of its authors. Not a scow could be manned by oars to bring an ox, or a sheep, or a bundle of hay from the islands. All water carriage from pier to pier, though but of lumber, or bricks, or lime, was strictly forbidden. The boats between Boston and Charlestown could not ferry a parcel of goods across Charles River; the fishermen of Marblehead, when from their hard pursuit, they bestowed quintals of dried fish on the poor of Boston, were obliged to transport their offering in wagons by a circuit of thirty miles. The warehouses of the thrifty merchants were at once made valueless; the costly wharfs, which extended far into the channel, and were so lately covered with the produce of the tropics and with English fabrics, were become solitary places; the harbor, which had resounded incessantly with the cheering voices of prosperous
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
ting of tradesmen, a plausible speaker ventured to recommend for consideration the manner of paying for the tea; and he met with so much success, that after some altercation, they separated without coming to any resolution. But Warren, who exerted as much energy to save his country as others to paralyze its spirit, proved to his friends, that the payment in any form would open the way for every compliance even to a total submission; and he was himself encouraged by the glowing letter from Baltimore. Vigilance, activity, and patience, he cried, are necessary at this time; but the mistress we serve is Liberty, and it is better to die than not to obtain her. We shall be saved, he added; and that no cloud might rest on the fortitude, honesty, and foresight of Boston, a town meeting was called for the following Friday. Samuel Adams received a summons to come and guide its debates; but a higher duty kept him at Salem. The legislative committee of nine appeared so tame, that Leonard r
Taunton (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
he general congress. This required the utmost secrecy; for they were watched by officers in the royal service, and any perceptible movement would have been followed by an instant dissolution. In the confusion of nominations, Daniel Leonard, of Taunton, who had won his election by engaging manners and professions of patriotism, which yet were hollow, succeeded in being appointed one of the committee of nine on the state of the province. Restrained by well-founded distrust of his secret relatit of Boston, a town meeting was called for the following Friday. Samuel Adams received a summons to come and guide its debates; but a higher duty kept him at Salem. The legislative committee of nine appeared so tame, that Leonard returned to Taunton on business as a lawyer. Meantime, Samuel Adams had on one evening secretly consulted four or five of his colleagues; on another a larger number; on the third so many as thirty; and on the morning of Friday, the seventeenth of June, confident
Alleghany Mountains (United States) (search for this): chapter 5
of trade in that well-watered and extensive dominion, and which, from its deep channel and nearness to the ocean, lay most exposed to ships of war. Our Chap. IV.} 1774. June. hearts are warmed with affection for you, such was its message; we address the Almighty Ruler to support you in your afflictions. Be assured we consider you as suffering in the common cause, and look upon ourselves as bound by the most sacred ties to support you. Jefferson, from the foot of the Blue Ridge of the Alleghanies, condemned the act, which in a moment reduced an ancient and wealthy town from opulence to want, and without a hearing and without discrimination, sacrificed property of the value of millions to revenge—not repay—the loss of a few thousands. If the pulse of the people beat calmly under such an experiment by the new and till now unheard of executive power of a British parliament, said the young statesman, another and another will be tried, till the measure of despotism be filled up. At
Charles (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
children at his board. The sailor roamed the streets Chap. IV.} 1774. June 1. listlessly without hope of employment. The law was executed with a rigor that went beyond the intentions of its authors. Not a scow could be manned by oars to bring an ox, or a sheep, or a bundle of hay from the islands. All water carriage from pier to pier, though but of lumber, or bricks, or lime, was strictly forbidden. The boats between Boston and Charlestown could not ferry a parcel of goods across Charles River; the fishermen of Marblehead, when from their hard pursuit, they bestowed quintals of dried fish on the poor of Boston, were obliged to transport their offering in wagons by a circuit of thirty miles. The warehouses of the thrifty merchants were at once made valueless; the costly wharfs, which extended far into the channel, and were so lately covered with the produce of the tropics and with English fabrics, were become solitary places; the harbor, which had resounded incessantly with the
Annapolis (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
ble determination. The White Mountains on the one side, and the ocean on the other, were witnesses to the patriot's vow I see we must part, rejoined Sewall; but this adieu is the sharpest thorn on which I ever set my foot. Two days in advance of Massachusetts, the assembly of Rhode Island unanimously chose delegates to the general congress, which they desired to see Chap. IV.} 1774. June. annually renewed. The promptness of Maryland was still more remarkable; for it could proceed only by a convention of its people. But so universal was their zeal, so rapid their organization, that their provincial convention met at Annapolis on the twenty-second of June, and before any message had been received from Salem, they elected delegates to the congress. With a modesty worthy of their courage, they apologized to Virginia for moving in advance; pleading as their excuse the inferiority of their province in extent and numbers, so that less time was needed to ascertain its sentiments.
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