. When we destroyed the Gaspee : a story of Narragansett Bay in 1772 . ryleast to imprisonment, therefore I beseech you let it be soarranged, in case charges are made by the officers of thegovernment, that those who have the greatest interest inthe colony, which is to say, the men who own the mostproperty, have had a hand in this matter. I move you thatMasters John Brown, Joseph Bucklin, and John Hopkins beappointed a committee of three to select from this com-pany as many as may be needed to man the fleet, and thatwe abide without question by their decision. Some of the hot-heads began to mak
. When we destroyed the Gaspee : a story of Narragansett Bay in 1772 . ryleast to imprisonment, therefore I beseech you let it be soarranged, in case charges are made by the officers of thegovernment, that those who have the greatest interest inthe colony, which is to say, the men who own the mostproperty, have had a hand in this matter. I move you thatMasters John Brown, Joseph Bucklin, and John Hopkins beappointed a committee of three to select from this com-pany as many as may be needed to man the fleet, and thatwe abide without question by their decision. Some of the hot-heads began to make objection to thisproposition ; but Captain Lindsey, understanding that nowwas come the moment when discipline might be enforced,cheered loudly, whereat the more respectable men of theparty joined in until the voices of the grumblers weredrowned in a tumult of noise. At this moment Captain Joseph Tillinghast, who, as Iafterward understood, was to command one of the boats,came into the room, and while the tumult was at its heightMaster Dunn spoke with him
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