The essays, humor, and poems of Nathaniel Ames, father and son, of Dedham, Massachusetts, from their almanacks, 1726-1775 . HISTORICAIv. TTAVING now introduced our authors and their antecessorsto the audience, a brief review of the general condition ofthings at home, and in the Colonies during the period 1726—1764, may be desirable. The Hanoverian Georges had begunthe management of home affairs, Mr. John Law had exploitedhis South Sea or Mississippi Cash and Confidence Association,Mr. Richard Turpin and Mr. John Sheppard had expiated theirver}^ taking ways, and made their last appearance at Ty
The essays, humor, and poems of Nathaniel Ames, father and son, of Dedham, Massachusetts, from their almanacks, 1726-1775 . HISTORICAIv. TTAVING now introduced our authors and their antecessorsto the audience, a brief review of the general condition ofthings at home, and in the Colonies during the period 1726—1764, may be desirable. The Hanoverian Georges had begunthe management of home affairs, Mr. John Law had exploitedhis South Sea or Mississippi Cash and Confidence Association,Mr. Richard Turpin and Mr. John Sheppard had expiated theirver}^ taking ways, and made their last appearance at Walpole was keeper of the Kings conscience, and mur-ders and robberies—the latter in person or by proxy—were ofdaily occurrence, the Rogues March being the most popularanthem of the period. In the north, the Scots were evincing their most thoroughdisapprobation of capital punishment, and gave a practicalexhibition of its horrors by hanging Capt. John Porteous atEdinburgh. Rows of various calibre and importance were taking placeon the continent; pugnacious John Bull taking a hand andlaying the foundat
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