Author: Hyde Park Historical SocietyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267817870
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Excerpt from Hyde Park Historical Record, Vol. 8 It is gratifying to the public mind that so much time and effort are being used to keep alive the Spirit of the men who stood about the cradle of our Republic and to have that Spirit fully impressed upon the masses that are coming forward to control its future destinies. The various patriotic organizations of today are joined in the work Of repairing and protecting from decay the great underlying principles planted with SO much Of suffering and sacrifice by the men and women Of 1776. In order to do this effectively the public acts of the people of that time are being studied and placed anew upon historic records that our people may examine and know the characters and motives Of the men who gained for us our independence. Of the many incidents leading to the severing Of the Colonies from the Mother Country, I have been interested in Writs of Assistance. This always seemed to me to be an indefinite term. As a boy in the country school trying to learn the causes Of the American Revolution, I remember to have been able to use the name with precision and emphasis, but what the term meant or how or why these writs, Of which I had no idea, should annoy the Colonists I did not know nor was I informed either by book or teacher. The fathers complained of Writs of Assistance the name was terrible enough to my mind and Why go farther? For many years this term has appeared to me like a ghost of de parted days and challenged me to vanquish it. I have, there fore, laid hold of the subject and while I disclaim having fully mastered it, I have a much better knowledge of the matter than before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
