. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. Giave of Sidney honorable Francis Til-lou, in speaking ofJohn Lamb and re-counting his servicesto the country, said:On the arrival ofnews of the passageof the Stamp Act,Lamb was most prom-inent in opposing itand in forming publicopinion against it, and he was persistent in his attacksupon it. He was prominent on the committee to pro- 165 Grave of Michael Cresap. THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS pose articles of confederation to the other colonies; hewas active in forming the non-importation league; hewas a prominent leade
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. Giave of Sidney honorable Francis Til-lou, in speaking ofJohn Lamb and re-counting his servicesto the country, said:On the arrival ofnews of the passageof the Stamp Act,Lamb was most prom-inent in opposing itand in forming publicopinion against it, and he was persistent in his attacksupon it. He was prominent on the committee to pro- 165 Grave of Michael Cresap. THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS pose articles of confederation to the other colonies; hewas active in forming the non-importation league; hewas a prominent leader of the Sons of Liberty; he waszealous in the struggles to maintain the Liberty-pole, in his resistance to the Mutiny Act and theBills of Credit Acts, and the tea and tariff laws;he was efficient in reproving the derelict citizenscommittee of 51, when they failed to come promptlyto the support of Boston in the crisis of the BostonPort Act; he was prominent in the Congress of1775; he was prompt in closing the royal CustomHouse on the breaking out of hostilities, and inorganizing the committee
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