tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post2938156834046253733..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “Cooking up Paragraphs, Articles, Occurences, &c.”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-38396967907743788872012-12-02T09:33:58.056-05:002012-12-02T09:33:58.056-05:00These two good comments connect to each other. The...These two good comments connect to each other. The most consequential item in the 4 Sept 1769 <i>Gazette</i> was an advertisement James Otis paid for, accusing the Customs Commissioners of conspiring against him. That led directly to his fight with one of the Commissioners and his head injury. <br /><br />I'm planning to check the issue to see what else it contains that might have come from Samuel Adams and the others. John Adams's word "Occurences" might allude to the week-by-week chronicle of life in Boston under army occupation that the Boston Whigs had been sending to printers in other towns. But I think that series had ended already. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-66529536545707866532012-12-02T07:15:34.013-05:002012-12-02T07:15:34.013-05:00I found the remainder of Adams's diary entry t...I found the remainder of Adams's diary entry to be interesting.<br /><br />"Otis talks all. He grows the most talkative Man alive. No other Gentleman in Company can find a Space to put in a Word—as Dr. Swift expressed it, he leaves no Elbow Room. There is much Sense, Knowledge, Spirit and Humour in his Conversation. But he grows narrative, like an old Man. Abounds with Stories."<br /><br />Well, I was going to go on about how this could have been one of Otis's manic episodes due to his possibility of being bipolar. But then I noticed you wrote about that in 2006 and concluded as much! Huzzah!<br /><br />What Was James Otis's Problem?Byron DeLearnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-43858412931005901572012-12-02T03:40:32.396-05:002012-12-02T03:40:32.396-05:00I'm looking forward to reading it -- years ago...I'm looking forward to reading it -- years ago I did something similar with s Philadelphia paper of 1846. My question is, have you located a copy or transcript of the Sept. 4, 1769, Gazette? It would b fun to speculate who of these leaders cooked up what. -- Thanks for my nightly fun read, Joe BaumanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com