James W Otis

John Adams

… He put the skill to good use as a lawyer, often recording cases he observed so that he could study and reflect upon them. His report of the 1761 argument of James Otis in the Massachusetts Superior Court as to the legality of Writs of Assistance is a good example. Otis's argument inspired A...

Samuel Adams

…Oxenbridge Thacher as one of Boston's four representatives in the assembly.[61] With James Otis attending the Stamp Act Congress in New York City, Adams was the primary author of a series of House resolutions against the Stamp Act, which were more radical than those passed by the Stamp Act C...

Toby Tyler: Or, Ten Weeks With a Circus

Toby Tyler: Or, Ten Weeks With a Circus

Some Political Writings of James Otis

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks With a Circus

Toby Tyler: Or, Ten Weeks With a Circus

Toby Tyler: Or, Ten Weeks With a Circus

Toby Tyler: Or, Ten Weeks With a Circus

Benjamin of Ohio: A Story of the Settlement of Marietta. [1912]

Leopold is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access...

Under the Liberty Tree, A Story of the Boston Massacre

The Liberty Tree was a famous elm tree that stood in Boston, near Boston Common, in the days before the American Revolution. The tree was a rallying point for the growing resistance to the rule of Britain over the American colonies. In the years that followed, almost every American town had its own ...

James Otis the Pre-Revolutionist - 1903

Collected Political Writings of James Otis

The writings of James Otis arguably had more influence in America and England before 1774 than those of any other American except John Dickinson. John Adams pointed to Otis as the first man to have plumbed the depths of the argument between Britain and the Anglo-American colonies. Anyone who wishes ...

Corporal 'Lige's Recruit: A Story of Crown Point and Ticonderoga

There was great excitement among the citizens of the town of Pittsfield in the province of Massachusetts on the first day of May in the year 1775. Master Edward Mott and Noah Phelps, forming a committee appointed by the Provincial Assembly of Connecticut, had arrived on the previous evening charged ...

Richard of Jamestown, A Story of the Virginia Colony (Yesterday's Classics)

Follow the fortunes of orphan Richard Mutton as he travels to the New World with Captain John Smith and takes up residence with him in the new colony of Jamestown. See the struggles they go through to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table while the majority of their fellow colonists shi...

James Otis: The Pre-Revolutionist

In 1702, James Otis, son of Judge John Otis, was born. He followed in his father's footsteps becoming a lawyer and colonial publicist, afterwards a colonel of the militia, a judge of the Common Pleas, a judge of the Probate Court, and a member of the Council of Massachusetts. Just after reaching his...

James Otis, the Pre-Revolutionist

Near the northeast corner of the old Common of Boston a section of ground was put apart long before the beginning of the eighteenth century to be a burying ground for some of the heroic dead of the city of the Puritans. For some quaint reason or caprice this acre of God was called "The Granary" and ...