Otis, James 1725-1783

Brief remarks on the Defense of the Halifax libel, on the British-American-colonies. Also attributed to Stephen Hopkins, who was three times the governor of Rhode Island. Authorship discussed in W.E. Foster's Stephen Hopkins, Providence, 1884, v. 2, p. 227-230. A reply to: A defence of the Letter from a gentleman at Halifax to his friend in Rhode-Island / by Howard Martin, printed in Newport, 1765.

by James Otis, Esq ; [Four lines in Latin from Virgil]. "Appendix. The city of Boston, at their annual meetin May, 1764, made choice of Richard Dana, Joseph Green, Nathaniel Bethune, John Ruddock, Esq'rs; and Mr. Samuel Adams, to prepare instructions for their representatives. The following instructions were reported by said committee, and unanimously voted."--Page 66-69. "Substance of a memorial presented the House, in pursuance of the above instructions..."--Page 70-80.