[Footnote 48: This was the great meeting of delegates from all parts of
Suffolk County which passed the resolves commonly known as the Suffolk
Resolves.]
[Footnote 49: Josiah Quincy, a graduate of Harvard College in 1728, and
the father of the two others here named.]
[Footnote 50: Dr. Jonathan Shipley, Bishop of St. Asaph, had
distinguished himself by his opposition to the policy of the Government
upon two occasions. The first in a sermon preached in February, 1773,
before the society for the Propagation of the Gospel, which received the
warm approbation of Lord Chatham. The second by a speech in the House of
Lords. It is to the latter that the reference is made.]
[Footnote 51: John Thaxter, already mentioned, and Nathan Rice, who
graduated at Harvard College in 1773, and entered immediately as a clerk
in Mr. Adams's office. The latter took a commission in the army, and
served with credit through the war. He survived until 1834.]
[Footnote 52: John Quincy Adams, at this time seven years old.]
[Footnote 53: Miss Eunice Paine, a sister of Robert Treat Paine, and for
many years an intimate friend of the writer.]