Justin Hitchcock's Remarks and Observations

the people dispersed at night and little or no
mischief was don it was a day such as I had never
before seen. -- similar transactions took place other
counties and the administration of Justice and
settings of Courts was at an end sometime this year
the governor dissolved the general court and the
members of the house of Representatives either formed
themselves as recomended the calling a state convention
which conviended and did what public business there
was don by resolves and recomendation.
The only road into Boston was acros the neck and
that the governor began to fortify. stedy people
were at loss what to think or how to act to
oppose Great Britain by forse looked like a hazardous
undertakeing submit to all their Laws was to consent
to be oppressed and loaded with shackles which
their posterity would never be able to get rid of
The country was divided into two parties Viz
Whigs and Tories the Whigs were vastly the most
numerous the Tories were such as held commisions
or hoped for favours from the King they consequently
by their attachment to Great Britain and her measures
tryed to prevent the people from resorting to force
they became soon objects of the Just indignation of
the people some suffered at home and many fled
to Boston and took protection their under the Governor
and his Army