. Old Boston days & ways; from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city. judge best. The important consequencesresulting to the American States from thisDeclaration of Independence, considered as theground and foundation of a future government,will naturally suggest the propriety of proclaim-ing it in such a mode that the people may be in-formed of it. Those were not the days of rapid transit,and even such an important communicationas this could not be forwarded in haste, so thatit was not until the eighteenth of July, 1776,that the Declaration was proclaimed in
. Old Boston days & ways; from the dawn of the revolution until the town became a city. judge best. The important consequencesresulting to the American States from thisDeclaration of Independence, considered as theground and foundation of a future government,will naturally suggest the propriety of proclaim-ing it in such a mode that the people may be in-formed of it. Those were not the days of rapid transit,and even such an important communicationas this could not be forwarded in haste, so thatit was not until the eighteenth of July, 1776,that the Declaration was proclaimed in , everybody hurried to the State Houseto hear the great document read from thebalcony. Among the eager and excited listenerswas Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams, whoimmediately wrote her husband: Last Thurs-day, after hearing a very good sermon, I wentwith the multitude into King street to hear theDeclaration Proclamation for Independenceread and proclaimed. . Great attention wasgiven to every word. . Thus ends royalauthority in the state. And all the people shallsay SAJIUEL ADAMS. Page 252
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