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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register 2 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 1 1 Browse Search
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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States. (search)
inistration, but they had excited a public sentiment which they could no longer control, and which was rapidly tending to disunion. Yet disloyal sentiments were, by no means, unanimous in New England. Grand Old John Adams, now an octogenarian in retirement, clung fondly to the Union which he had helped to create, and over whose destinies he had presided. Nor was he alone. Other patriots were actively working to stem the tide. Perhaps the action of the legislature of Massachusetts, October 13, 1814, on the resolutions preliminary to summoning the Hartford convention, reflected fairly the public sentiment of the state. The number in favor of the resolutions was about 260, and the number opposed about 90. The minority prepared a protest, severely condemning the course of the majority, which the majority considered disrespectful and declined to admit to record. The minority, then, refused to take further part in the proceedings. Even the majority, though hurried into hasty action