Sam Forman's Blog, page 27
June 19, 2012
Plea of Said Joseph is Bad and Insufficient
Date: April 7, 1772 Authors: John Adams, Samuel S. Quincy, and Ebenezer Goldthwaite The plaintiffs protest that Warren has illegally evicted several members of the Green family from a piece of land in Hanover Street occupied by a house “and other buildings.” The endorsements record the pleas of the parties to the suit: “And the [...]
June 12, 2012
Lawyer John Adams Advocates for Joseph Warren
Author: John Adams Date: April 8, 1768 “And the said Joseph Warren agreeing that s[ai]d Phillip may give any special matter in Evidence and in general and upon the said Phillip agreeing that he may wave this plea & [substitute] with that plea of s[ai]d Phillip before pleaded insufficient in law to preclude him s[ai]d [...]
June 5, 2012
Payment for Medical Care of the Poor
Date: January 10, 1771 “Province of Massachusetts Bay to Jos: Warren To 730 Visits at 1/6 pt Visit from May 1769 to May 1770 £54/15/0 [the document goes on to list 30 people, of which 3 include "for Wife" and an added two "& Child" Line items for these people, added to the £54/15/0 totals [...]
May 29, 2012
Single House for Rent Complete with Ailing Widow, Maid, and Slave
Date: December 5, 1770 Author: George Green to his brother Joseph Green “My mother has let out the house to one Doctor Warren, & boards with him, as she did not choose to move out of a place she has been so long us’d to. She reserves to herself the 2 front chambers and keeps [...]
May 22, 2012
I Hope this Tea is from Holland
Author: John Adams Date: February 14, 1771 “Dined at Mr. Hancocks with the Members, [Dr. Joseph] Warren, [Dr. Benjamin] Church, [Reverend Dr. Samuel or William] Cooper, &c. and Mr. Harrison and spent the whole Afternoon and drank Green Tea, from Holland I hope, but don’t know.” Source: Diary of John Adams, The Adams Papers, Series [...]
May 16, 2012
Plaintiff for the Recovery of the Estate from Charles Apthorp
Date: December 18, 1769 “Last week an interesting trial came on before the Superior Court now sitting here, wherein Dr. Joseph Warren, administrator on the estate of Nathaniel Wheelwright, Esq; late of Boston, deceased, was plaintiff, for the recovery of part of the estate which the said Nathaniel had made over to Charles W. Apthorp, [...]
To Sue without Delay for All Debts
Date: May 15 and 22, 1769; May 15, 1769 “All Persons indebted to the Estate of Nathaniel Wheelwright, Esq; late of Boston, deceas’d, by Bond, Note or Book, are requested to make immediate Payment —As the Creditors to said estate have desired the Administrator to sue without Delay for all Debts that may be due. [...]
May 8, 2012
The Man That Would Bestow Himself for an Ass for You to Ride On, Deserves to be Saddled Indeed
Author: Mucius Scaevola, a pseudonym of Joseph Warren Date: January 2, 1772 “To T—– H———, Esq. Sir, Notwithstanding your apparent ascendency over the reprehensive power of any body politic in this community, I cannot esteem myself fairly acquitted of my duty without giving you a little share of wholesome admonition, in common with the rest [...]
If I had Power to Restrain the Press, I Should Have No Inclination to Hinder Mucius
by John Greenleaf, about Mucius Scaevola Date: December 11, 1771 “Dear Sir, As you are desirous of having an Account of the Late transactions of the Governor and Council relating to the, and my conduct respecting the same, I shall gratify you by giving you a short detail, that you may be able to judge, [...]
May 1, 2012
Abingdon Resolves: Natural Right of Opposing Force with Force is Again Devolved upon Us
Date: August 1770 Authors: John Greenleaf in committee with Daniel Noyes, Samuel Pool, Aaron Hobart, David Jones, Jr. and Thomas Wilkse “Ever since what they call the massacre of the 5th of March, the news-papers have been full of resolves from the different towns, in support of the non-importation agreement, totally denying the power of [...]
