tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post5673764175740928597..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Marshfield Voters “greatly aggrieved at the conduct of the said Town”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-31653242886977698952016-07-11T23:50:20.137-05:002016-07-11T23:50:20.137-05:00I've now seen a reference guessing that the &q...I've now seen a reference guessing that the "State Bill" referred to the government-enforced charge for paying the local minister, which would have been particularly important to people who didn't worship in a town's largest congregation—which in Marshfield's case would mean Anglicans. Adherents of the Church of England in New England were much more likely to be Loyalist than their neighbors. I've got a full posting on Marshfield's Anglicans coming up. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-59596351415661868042016-07-08T21:02:51.502-05:002016-07-08T21:02:51.502-05:00I was afraid someone would ask that question. I...I was afraid someone would ask that question. I've tried to find the answer and come up empty so far. <br /><br />My first thought was that the term “State Bill" was a common idiom, but I couldn't find other uses. Another possibility is that the phrase wasn't correctly transcribed since I haven't seen a period document or publication. <br /><br />Assuming "State Bill" is the correct phrase, I can think of two possibilities:<br />1) It might refer to a recent measure to add a slice of Scituate to Marshfield, thus increasing the number of voters who leaned a particular way.<br />2) It might refer to the Provincial Congress's request for towns to send their taxes to its Receiver-General rather than the provincial Treasurer, and since no one likes to pay taxes that brought out more people to vote against sending the money anywhere. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-68679987406250001922016-07-08T10:48:28.717-05:002016-07-08T10:48:28.717-05:00I'm curious about this petition's referenc...I'm curious about this petition's reference to "the State Bill, which increased the number of voters in the Tory, more than in the Whig interest". John, do you know anything more about this?Charles Bahnenoreply@blogger.com