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Excerpt from Memoir of the Life and Times of General John Lamb: As Officer of the Revolution, Commanded the Post at West Point at the Time of Arnold's Defection, His Correspondence With the Washington, Clinton, Patrick Henry, and Other Distinguished Men of His Time Introduction; Sons of Liberty; Moral Influence of their exertions on the Revolution; Effect on subsequent Revolutions in Europe; Birth and Parentage of John Lamb; Early Occupation; Characteristics; Opposed to ministerial Aggressions; A Leader of the Sons of Liberty; The Stamp Act; Early Action of the South and East; Opposition of the Continental Colonies; Of Jamaica; St. Christopher; Stamp Distributors; Burnt in Effigy at Boston; Rebuked at New Haven; New York aroused; Lieut. Gov Colden makes preparation for enforcing the Act; Repairs the Forts; Colden burnt in Effigy; Destruction of Private Property not intended; Gen. Gage's forbearance; Colden delivers the Stamps to the Corporation; Consequences of the Outbreak of 1st November; Committee to enforce Recommendations of Congress; Action of Philadelphia; Quickened by the Committee; Arrival of Gov. Moore; His conciliatory Policy; Countermands Military Preparations; Satisfaction of the People; Minerva searched for Connecticut Stamps; Threatening Letter to the Assembly; Stamps for Connecticut burnt; Reproof of Lieut. Hallam, of the Garland; Repeal of the Act; Rejoicings; Raising of the First Liberty Pole; Statue of the King; Of Pitt; Mutiny Act; The King requires Compliance; Partial assent of the Legislature; Damages done by the Rioters to be paid; Assembly evade; Liberty Pole destroyed by Soldiers; First Battle with the Citizens; Second Pole destroyed; Military Violence; The King demands perfect Compliance with Mutiny Act; Decision of the Assembly; Third Liberty Pole destroyed; Reerected; Unsuccessful attempt to destroy it with Gunpowder; Violence of the Military; Attack on Bardin's House; Preparations to enforce the Mutiny Act; Assembly yield a farther Supply; Provide for a part of the Damages of Nov. '65; Deprived of their Privileges by the King; Commissioners of Customs appointed About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.