His brilliant defense of American colonial rights at the outset of the struggle between England and its colonies marked James Otis, Jr. (1725-1783), a leading spokesman for the Boston patriots prior t...
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James Otis, Jr., was a literary scholar, lawyer, politician, and polemicist of the American Revolution. Born in West Barnstable, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to James and Mary Allyne Otis, James Otis, Jr....
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A man charged with operating an illegal gambling business told investigators at least two county sheriffs accepted cash bribes to protect his enterprise, according to court papers.James Otis Hender...
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John Adams: Party of One, by James Grant. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 544 pages, $30.
Any biography of John Adams that works anxiety, insecurity, worry and dread into its first paragraph is off on ...
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James Otis, Jr.
James Otis, Jr.
Poker defendant: NC sheriffs took bribes
