The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 / Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War / which Established the Independence of his Country and First / President of the United States

by John Marshall

[100] Chalmer. Beverly.

[101] Idem.

[102] Chalmer. Beverly.

[103] Chalmer.

[104] From a paper in possession of the British administration, it appears that in 1673, New England was supposed to contain one hundred and twenty thousand souls, of whom sixteen thousand were able to bear arms. Three-fourths of the wealth and population of the country, were in Massachusetts and its dependencies. The town of Boston alone contained fifteen hundred families.

[105] Chalmer. Hutchison.

[106] Chalmer. Hutchison.

[107] Chalmer. Hutchison.

[108] Trumbull. Hutchison. Chalmer.

[109] Chalmer. Hutchison.