James Otis, the Pre-Revolutionist

About this eBook

Author

Edmunds, Charles K. (Charles Keyser), 1876-1949

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Otis, James, 1725-1783

Category

Text

eBook-No.

722

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/722

Release Date

November 1, 1996

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.JAMES OTIS THE PRE-REVOLUTIONIST — THE CHARACTER OF JAMES OTIS BY CHARLES K. EDMUNDS, PH. D. — RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT A TOWN MEETING IN BOSTON, MAY 8, 1770. — JOSEPH WARREN'S OPINION OF GOVERNOR BERNARD, OTIS'S PRINCIPAL ENEMY. — OTIS AS A PROPHET. — ANECDOTES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF OTIS, ETC. OTIS AND HIS FELLOW PATRIOTS. — OTIS AND ADAMS. — OTIS AS AN AUTHOR. — THE TOWN MEETING. — JAMES OTIS AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL. — INFLUENCE OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL — THE ANCESTORS OF JAMES OTIS. — COL. BARRE ON JAMES OTIS. — THE GENEROSITY OF OTIS. — JOHN ADAMS ON OTIS. — OTIS COMPARED WITH RANDOLPH. — ORATORICAL POWERS — THE ELOQUENCE OF OTIS. — OTIS COMPARED WITH AMERICAN ORATORS. — OTIS COMPARED WITH ENGLISH ORATORS. — PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. — PORTRAIT OF OTIS. — THE SOURCE AND OCCASION OF THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. — STAMPS AND THE STAMP ACT. — THE STAMPS. — THE MINUTE-MAN OF THE REVOLUTION. — THE BOSTON COMMON SCHOOLS. — ENGLAND AND AMERICA. — THE UNIVERSITIES AND THE MEN OF THE REVOLUTION. — EARL PERCY AND YANKEE DOODLE. — STORY OF JAMES OTIS. FOR A SCHOOL OR CLUB PROGRAMME. — PROGRAMME FOR A JAMES OTIS EVENING. — QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW.
2. 2.CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE IN THE LIFE OF JAMES OTIS. — BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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