We Shall be under the Domination of a Riotous Mob
Gouverneur Morris warns that New York’s resistance to the Coercive Acts risks mob rule, exposing class tensions beneath colonial unity and revolutionary politics.
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Gouverneur Morris warns that New York’s resistance to the Coercive Acts risks mob rule, exposing class tensions beneath colonial unity and revolutionary politics.
Documents in this chapter are available separately by following the hyperlinks below: New Yorkers Celebrate “Loyalty” and the Anniversary of the Repeal of the Stamp Act, March 18, 1774 Gouverneur
DEAR SIR: The states eastward of New York appear to be almost unanimous in favor of the new Constitution, (for I make no account of the dissension in Rhode Island.)
Gen. McDougall, Col. Brooks of the Massachusetts and Col. Ogden of the Jersey Line are now here with a Petition to Congress from the Army for Pay. The Army are