FOOTNOTES:
[48] This was the great meeting of delegates from all parts of Suffolk County which passed the resolves commonly known as the Suffolk Resolves.
[49] Josiah Quincy, a graduate of Harvard College in 1728, and the father of the two others here named.
[50] Dr. Jonathan Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaph, had distinguished himself by his opposition to the policy of the Government upon two occasions. The first in a sermon preached in February, 1773, before the society for the Propagation of the Gospel, which received the warm approbation of Lord Chatham. The second by a speech in the House of Lords. It is to the latter that the reference is made.
[51] John Thaxter, already mentioned, and Nathan Rice, who graduated at Harvard College in 1773, and entered immediately as a clerk in Mr. Adams's office. The latter took a commission in the army, and served with credit through the war. He survived until 1834.
[52] John Quincy Adams, at this time seven years old.
[53] Miss Eunice Paine, a sister of Robert Treat Paine, and for many years an intimate friend of the writer.