The history of Charlestown, Massachusetts . lb. 0. 1. 4. James Bradish, Jr., 6 oz. a 6s. :i 0. 2. 3. William Conant, 4 1-2 a 5s. 2d. If 1. 3. 3. John Odin, 3 3-4 a 5s. 4d. tt 0. 17. 4. Mrs. Paine, 3-4 a 5s. 4d. It 0. 9. 4. James Hill, 1 3-4 a 5s. 4d. u 0. 9. 4. John Smith, 7 3-4 a 5s. 4d. tt 2. 1. 4. David Wait, 2-4 a 5s. 4d. tt 0. 2. 8. Daniel Manning, 1-4 a 6s. a 0. 1. 6. Isaiah Edes, 3 a 5s. 4d. a 0. 16. 0. To paying the crier, Tn behalf of the committee, £ 6. 12. 2. 0. £ 6. 14. 7. Isaiah Edes. To the selectmen of the town of Charlestown. Tea was burned, this month, in other towns with
The history of Charlestown, Massachusetts . lb. 0. 1. 4. James Bradish, Jr., 6 oz. a 6s. :i 0. 2. 3. William Conant, 4 1-2 a 5s. 2d. If 1. 3. 3. John Odin, 3 3-4 a 5s. 4d. tt 0. 17. 4. Mrs. Paine, 3-4 a 5s. 4d. It 0. 9. 4. James Hill, 1 3-4 a 5s. 4d. u 0. 9. 4. John Smith, 7 3-4 a 5s. 4d. tt 2. 1. 4. David Wait, 2-4 a 5s. 4d. tt 0. 2. 8. Daniel Manning, 1-4 a 6s. a 0. 1. 6. Isaiah Edes, 3 a 5s. 4d. a 0. 16. 0. To paying the crier, Tn behalf of the committee, £ 6. 12. 2. 0. £ 6. 14. 7. Isaiah Edes. To the selectmen of the town of Charlestown. Tea was burned, this month, in other towns with parade. InNewburyport a party of both sexes, assembled on town-hill for thispurpose, at which, the journals stated, the ladies took as muchpleasure in feeding the patriotic bonfire as they would in sippingso baneful a commodity; and some was burned in King-street,Boston, amidst the loud acclamations of a vast concourse ofpeople. The patriotic Paul Revere, in one of his engravings,here slightly altered, exhibited the spirit of the 296 HISTORY OF CHARLESTOWN. CHAPTER XXVII. 1774 to 1775. The Contest in 1774. —Boston Port Bill, —its effect onCharlestown. — Resolve of the General Court. — Donations. — Com-mittee of Correspondence. — Letter to Falmouth. —Town Meeting.—Letter to Boston. — Removal of the Powder. — The People at Cam-bridge. — Alarm of the Country. — Submissions. — Removing theGuns.—Letter to Sharon and Salisbury. — Resolves of ProvincialCongress. — Reading Contribution. — Committee on Donations.—Town Meetings. — Close of Corporate Action. In 1774 the contest came to a crisis. The British ministry,exasperated by the failure of their plans, levelled severe measuresagainst Boston and Massachusetts. But their cause became acommon cause, and the journals were filled with the. patriotic re-solves of the towns, and after town-meetings were prohibited, ofthe counties, in support of Boston. A General Congress convenedon the 4th o
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