[213] Drake's History of Boston, pp. 735-6-7.
[214] See chapter on Boston Mobs, p. 40.
[215] See page 85 for further account of the Saratoga Convention.
[216] Mrs. Leonard was confined to bed with childbirth. Charles, their only son, was born an idiot, due no doubt to this outrage. The mother of Curtis Guild, the present governor of Massachusetts, was born in this room, she being a descendant of the Leonard family.
[217] Extracts from Massachusettensis. Letter addressed to the Inhabitants of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Dec. 12th, 1774.
[218] Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard Family, by William R. Deane.
[219] This was the same as he did towards Harvard college, when treasurer of same. History of Harvard College by Josiah Quincy.
[220] See Chapter III. in relation to this matter.
[221] Sabine, Vol. I., Pp. 490-1.
[222] Papers relating to the church in Massachusetts, Pp. 506-7, 531-2.