A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . deralConstitution in 1788, and afterward thefirm supporters of the administrations ofWashington and Adams. We learn, froma series of articles, prepared and pub-lished by Edwin Williams, Esq., ofNew Yoik, that the honor of origina-ting a suggestion which afterward led tothe organization of the old ContinentalCongress, and prepared the way for theindependence of these United States,was due to the name of Sears.* * Colonel Isaac Sears, the distinguished characterhere alluded to, was the originator and leader of theSons of Liberty at the o
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . deralConstitution in 1788, and afterward thefirm supporters of the administrations ofWashington and Adams. We learn, froma series of articles, prepared and pub-lished by Edwin Williams, Esq., ofNew Yoik, that the honor of origina-ting a suggestion which afterward led tothe organization of the old ContinentalCongress, and prepared the way for theindependence of these United States,was due to the name of Sears.* * Colonel Isaac Sears, the distinguished characterhere alluded to, was the originator and leader of theSons of Liberty at the opening of the AmericanRevolution. He seems for a time to have represent-ed the spirit of that revolution more fully than anyother person in the city and vicinity of New life has never been written, which, including thedoings of the Liberty Boys, is an interesting andunexplored province of our revolutionary annals. Heis often referred to in the correspondence of Wash-ington, Gouverneur Morris, and Messrs. Adams, as ft Of 51n> oo s, o a a coo o. 80 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS. These illustrious worthies of a pastage being dead, yet speak to us. Wedo well to hallow their memories andrecord their noble deeds. Interestingassociations cluster around these greatactors in the drama of the Past. Theybelong to the nation ; for not the oldstates merely, but those which sprang in-to being but yesterday, look upon theo-lory of the Revolution as a commonpatrimony. This nation must ever besensible of the worth of its benefactors,and real merit will soon dissipate themists of party prejudice. Its effect, likethat of a very strong sympathetic feelingrunning through the people, must be toknit more closely the bonds of nationalunion. It has given freshness to thememory of common efforts in the greatnational struggle, which must alwaysprove a powerful tie among men whoe.\ult in the achievements of a commonancestry. It may have furnished someincense to the vanity imputed t
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