. Old Boston days & ways; from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city. teel terms complaining thattheir fathers before em had improved it as acoast for time immemorial &c. He orderedhis servant to repair the damage, and acquaintedthe Governor with the afl^air, who observedthat it was impossible to beat the notion ofLiberty out of the people as it was rooted infrom their Childhood. A sidelight upon the religious situation inBoston, just at this time, is afitorded by Andrewsin a letter dated March 18, 1775. An express came to the Governor withletters by the packet on Wednesday e
. Old Boston days & ways; from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city. teel terms complaining thattheir fathers before em had improved it as acoast for time immemorial &c. He orderedhis servant to repair the damage, and acquaintedthe Governor with the afl^air, who observedthat it was impossible to beat the notion ofLiberty out of the people as it was rooted infrom their Childhood. A sidelight upon the religious situation inBoston, just at this time, is afitorded by Andrewsin a letter dated March 18, 1775. An express came to the Governor withletters by the packet on Wednesday evening butnothing transpired but to a few of his refugeecouncellors, who have been observed ever sinceto be much crest-fallen. Old Bl—e (ParsonByle, the Tory wit ?) was heard to exclaimyesterday — We shall lose the day. Good God!what will become of us ? A certain ReverendDoctor of the Establishd Church in this town OLD BOSTON DAYS & WAYS 99 has lately said that he would rather wade upto his knees in blood, than that the Ministryshould give way. Thursday was observed here. THE OLD WEST CHURCH, WHOSE SERVICE WAS DISTURBED BY BRITISH SOLDIERS as a general fast. An officer, with men fromthe 4th Regiment in Barracks at West Boston,erected a couple of tents just at the back ofHowards meeting and conducted a parcell of 100 OLD BOSTON DAYS & WAYS fifes and drums there, which played and beatYanky Doodle the whole forenoon service time,to the great interruption of the intended to repeat the same in the after-noon but were prevented by orders from theGeneral. The officers behave more like aparcell of children, of late, than men. Captain of the Royal Irish first exposed himself by behaving in a very scandalous manner at theSouth meeting, while Dr. Warren was deliver-ing the oration in commemoration of the Mas-sacre. He got pretty decently frightened forit. A woman, among the rest, attacked him,and threatened to wring his nose! ... Monday morning. Our provincial congre
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