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I have mentiond to mr cushing the hint in your last concerning his not answering your letter. I believe he will write to you soon. The gratitude of the friends to liberty towards mr otis for his eminent services in times past induces them to take all occasions to show him respect. I am much obligd to you for the friendship you have discoverd for him, in holding up to the view of the publick his generosity to robinson. Your brother in virginia has lately honord me with a letter i intend to cultivate a correspondence with him, which i am sure will be much to my advantage. As you have confided in me to recommend one or more gentlemen of this place as candidates for the society of the bill of rights, i
my two
my two worthy intimate friends j adams j warren esqrs the one eminent in the profession of the law the other equally so in that of physick. Both of them men of an unblemishd moral character zealous advocates for the common rights of mankind. 1an original print of this circular letter, dated april 9, 1773, is in the lenox library. 2r. H. Lee, life of arthur lee, vol. I., pp. 224226. 3r. H. Lee, life of arthur lee, vol. I., pp. 226228. To richard henry lee. Ms., american philosophical society a text is in r. H. Lee,
bernard hutchinson
bernard hutchinson the latter, who can smile sweetly even upon the man he hates, when he is instructed or it is his interest so to do, fawnd flatterd one of the heads of the faction, at length approvd of him when he was elected a councellor last may. To palliate this inconsistent conduct it was previously given out that mr h had deserted the faction, became as they term each other, a friend to governmt. But he had spirit enough to refuse a seat at the board, continue a member of the house, where he has in every instance joyned with the friends of the constituion in opposition to the measures of a corrupt administration in particular no one has discoverd more firmness against the independency of the govr the judges than he.
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americanus, which i immediately publishd in the boston gazette. It was read with great satisfaction by men of sense virtue. I am heartily glad to find that the proceedings of this town are so pleasing to you. I have heard that ld dartmouth recd one of our pamphlets with coolness expressd his concern that the town had come into such measures. His lordship probably will be much surprizd to find a very great number of the towns in this province the number is daily increasingconcurring fully in sentiments with this metropolis expressing loyalty to the king affection to the mother country but at the same time a firm resolution to maintain their constitutional rights liberties. I send you the proceedings of one town, which if you think proper
doorsteps the
doorsteps the vicious, with savage visage, and keen, watchful eye, loitering at the doors of filthy groceries the sickly and neglected child crawling upon the sidepave, or seeking a crust to appease its hungerall are found here, gasping, in rags, a breath of air by day, or seeking a shelter, at night, in dens so abject that the world can furnish no counterpart. And this forlorn picture of dilapidated houses, halfclad, squabbish women, blisteredfaced men, and sickly children, the house of the nine nations overlooks. And yet this house, to the disgrace of an opulent people be it said, is but the sample of an hundred others standing in the same neighborhood. Footnote 4 now worth street and mission place. With its basementdoors opening into its bottomless pit with its
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however, suggests that such stories are extremely common. His honor thinks it not worth while to differ from this opinion, but to the end that no great legal wisdom may be thrown away, he orders the accused to be sent to the common jail for three months. This, in the opinion of judge sleepyhorn, is an extremely mild penalty for being found sleeping in the market. Next there comes forward a lean, upcountry cracker, an halfcivilized native, who commences telling his story with commendable simplicity, the judge in the meanwhile endeavoring to suppress a smile, which the quaintness of his remarks excite. Making a tenement of his cart, as is usual with these people when they visit the city, which they do now and then for the purpose of replenishing their stock of whiskey, he had,



