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Journal of Occurrences: Patriot Propaganda on the British Occupation of Boston, 1768-1769.
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Armand Francis Lucier. 1996. Softcover, mint condition, Index, 239 pages. The publisher writes: This is a great book that supplements the genealogist's knowledge of the colonial period shortly before the Revolution. This book consists of a daily journal, composed and distributed by Samuel Adams and his cohorts, in response to occurrences in Boston, where British troops (had) recently arrived to keep the Patriots in check. The reports were published under different names, and they all have Boston datelines from September 28, 1768 to August 1, 1769. With direct and indirect help from cohorts such as Joseph Warren, John Hancock and Paul Revere, Adams began to record this 'Journal of Occurrences' for distribution among newspaper printers throughout the colonies. Adams knew how to use the press to influence the masses, and, at a time when strict adherence to facts was not a prerequisite to publication, these articles often record the abuses of the city magistrates and the occupying forces with an inflammatory rhetoric that vividly captures the intense feelings of the era. Each dateline report in this collection incorporates information from articles originally appearing in one or more of the following newspapers: 'The Boston Evening Post;' 'Boston Gazette;' 'Connecticut Courant;' 'The Essex Gazette;' and 'The New-York Journal.' Some of the names listed in the index include: Adams * Allen * Ames * Ashley * Auchmuty * Avery * Barry * Bernard * Blakely * Bottetourts * Bradbury * Brown * Burke * Caldwell * Campbell * Carr * Chambers * Charles * Chatham * Cleavland * Conway * Cooper * Corbett * Dalrymple * Danforth * Dartmouth * Dawson * Dean * Eeschamps * Dexter * Dickinson * Draper * Edes * Ensign * Fellows * Fisher * Flemming * Forbes * Forrest * Franklin * Freeman * Gage * Gardner * Gill * Gray * Green * Hancock * Harrison * Harvey * Hneshaw * Hill * Hollowell * Hood * Howard * Hubbard * Ingersol * Irvine * Jackson * James * Jenkins * Jones * Kneeland _ Lane * Lesle * Llyod * Lucas * M'Donald * MacKay * Mackey * Malcomb * McCulloh * Merril * Moffat * Murray * Noyes * Newton * Otis * Panton * Parsons * Paxton * Phillips * Pierpoint * Pitts * Potter * Ridly * Riley * Robbins * Robbinson * Rogers * Ross * Rowe * Russel * Scott * Sewall * Shirley * Simpson * Smith * Steward * Stoddard * Stuart * Sweeney * Taylor * Thayer * Townshend * Tripp * Tyler * Warren * Watts * White * Wilkes * Williams * Wooton * Wright. [L815-H]