History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from its settlement in 1654;

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CHAPTER XXIV.
REVOLUTION—PRELIMINARY EVENTS,
Irritating Movements by the Home Government—Mr. Hawley offers
Resolutions of Protest, 340—No more Tea Allowed—British Troops
sent to Support Gage—The "Boston Port Bill" and other Acts, 342
Commercial Non-Intercourse with England, 343 — Other Obnoxious
Laws, 344—The County Courts to be Stopped, 345—Proceedings of the
Mob described by an Eye-witness, 346—No Court in Northampton
Committee of Correspondence chosen, 348—Conventions to stir up the
People—A Convention in Northampton, 349—An Order for the Election
of Representatives issued, and the Summons to meet Countermanded,
351—The First Provincial Congress Formed—Northampton Represented,
352—The Town makes no Response to the Action of the Provincial
Congress—Committee of Inspection Appointed, 353—A Committee of
Correspondence. Inspection and Safety— Militia Disorganized. Attempted
Reorganization, 354—The First Hampshire Regiment, 355—Old
Officers Resign—Companies of Minute-Men Formed—Second Provincial
Congress, 356—Third Session of the Provincial Congress—The
General Court again Convenes, 357—Ammunition Provided—Teacher
of the Grammar School Cautioned, 358.
CHAPTER XXV.
REVOLUTION—PRISONERS OF WAR—TORIES.
Gov. Gage Precipitates the Contest—Northampton Minute-Men Start
for the Scene of Hostilities, 359—News of Battle Received—The Company
gather at the Church—March of the Northampton Company. 360
—The Company at the Seat of War, 361—Officers of the Regiment
The Company Return—Ticonderoga and Crown Point. 362—Inception
of the Enterprise, 363—Benedict Arnold Acts—Connecticut Scheme for
Capturing Ticonderoga, 364—Minute-Men Rush to the Front—Bunker
Hill—Gen. Pomeroy's Arrival, 365—Gen. Washington offers him a
Brigade—Treatment of Prisoners—Prisoners sent to Northampton Jail.
367—Harsh Treatment Countermanded, 369—Only one Ordered to Close
Confinement—Expenses of the Prisoners—Other British Prisoners. 370
—Whigs and Tories—Much Unpleasantness between Factions. 371
The Lines Tightly Drawn—Tories Mobbed—Northampton Tories sent
to Jail, 372—Some of the Leading Tories—A Mob from Pelham, 373
Mr. Stoddard Unreclaimed—Tories put on the Town Limits, 374—Military
Matters in Northampton—Mr. Hawley's Address, 375.
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