Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston (1901)
Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905 · Boston : Little, Brown, and company · leaf 291
rt of his most Christian Majesty, he soon becamethe rage, not only of court circles, but of the capital. Presentsflowed in upon him, which he, with ready tact, contrived toshare with his fellow-commissioners, so as to avoid the appear-ance of invidious distinction. Among other things, there cameto… … men cannot master our American names; it is, plainly, Lee,Deane, Franklin, that is meant. Arthur Lee, Franklins fellow-commissioner, composed eight lines of the famous Liberty-Song of John Dickinson,which the latter sent JamesOtis, upon news that theLegislature of Massachu-setts refused to rescind…
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