[113]. Boston News-Letter, Jan. 27, 1774 (No. 3669, p. 2); Massachusetts Spy, Jan. 27, 1774 (No. 156, p. 2); Essex Gazette, Jan. 25–Feb. 1, 1774 (No. 288, VI, p. 107); March 1–8, 1774 (No. 293, VI, p. 127); Boston Gazette, Feb. 28, 1774 (No. 986, p. 2); March 14, 1774 (No. 988, p. 1). For a brief account of the whole affair see S. Roads, Jr.: “History and Traditions of Marblehead” (1880), pp. 91–94.
[114]. For an account of the doings of mobs in Massachusetts see Frank Moore: “Diary of the American Revolution” (1875), pp. 37–42.
[115]. John Drayton: “Memoirs of the American Revolution” (1821), I, 273–274. Frank Moore: “Diary of the Revolution” (1875), pp. 90–91. Edward McCrady: “South Carolina in the Revolution, 1775–1780” (1901), p. 24.
[116]. John Drayton: “Memoirs of the American Revolution” (1821), II, 17.
[117]. Frank Moore: “Diary of the Revolution” (1875), p. 138.
[118]. Ibid., p. 178.
[119]. Frank Moore: “Diary of the Revolution” (1875), p. 359.
[120]. W. M. Sloane: “The French War and the Revolution” (1893), p. 239.
[121]. “Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry” (1818), pp. 232–233.
[122]. Hening’s “Statutes at Large,” X, 195.