[173] Life of Copley. p. 140, 145.
[174] Life of Copley, p. 126.
[175] Hooper Genealogy. Curwen's Journal. History of Marblehead.
[176] Diary and Letters of John Adams.
[177] See Boston Town Records 1742 to 1757. pp. 14, 15, 16. Printed by the City of Boston.
[178] Tea Leaves pp. 292-3.
[179] Dealings with the Dead, p. 510.
[180] "Memoir of General John Coffin." By Captain Henry Coffin. R. N., 1880, p. 17.
[181] It is a singular fact that all persons of American birth that were in the navy remained loyal. Washington came very near entering the navy as midshipman and going with his brother Lawrence under Admiral Vernon to the attack on Cartagena. His trunk was packed and he was all ready to depart when his mother prevailed upon him to remain. Had he gone he would have remained loyal, or his case would have been the exception.
[182] For description of Simsbury mines see pp. 56-57.