Rule And Misrule of the English in America volume 2
Rule And Misrule of the English in America volume 2
Haliburton Thomas Chandler
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A mob attacked the house of Oliver, Secretary of the Colony, who had been appointed stamp distributor for Mas- sachusetts, broke his windows, destroyed his furniture, pulled down a small building, sup- posed to be intended for their reception, and frightened him into a resignation. Jonathan Mayhew, the minister of the West Church in Boston (distinguished by his recent attack on the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts), preached a seditious sermon against the Stamp Act, ta...king the significant text, " I would they were cut off, which trouble you. " The Monday evening after this sermon, the riots were renewed. The mob attacked the house of Story, Registrar of the Admiralty, and destroyed not only the public files and records, but his private papers also. They next en- tered and plundered the house of the Comptroller of the Customs; and maddened with liquor and excitement, proceeded to the mansion of Hutchinson in the North Square. The Lieu- H 3 154 THE ENGLISH tenant-Governor and his family fled for their lives.
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