[71] Frothingham gives a summary of these papers, with the names of the committees who drafted them (Rise of the Republic, pp. 186, 187).
[72] Though this day was observed in several colonies by the tolling of bells, closing of shops, funeral processions, and other demonstrations of hostility to the act, there was no violence (Ramsay, Amer. Rev., i. 68, 70).
[73] Mass. State Papers, 61.
[74] Parliamentary History, xvi. 133 et seq.
[75] Mass. State Papers, 81.
[76] Mass. State Papers, 91, 92.
[77] Mass. State Papers, 94.
[78] Parliamentary History, vol. xvi. 359; Prior Documents, 134. During the adjournment a double broadside had been issued, containing the proposed bill for compensation, an extract from Secretary Conway's letter to Governor Bernard, and letters from De Berdt, the agent, advising compliance with the parliamentary recommendation. A copy is in the Boston Public Library.
[79] Mahon's Hist. of Eng., v. 81.
[80] Parliamentary History, vol. xvi. 331.