tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post7771168407101266688..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: James Otis, Jr., on Taxation Without RepresentationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-64408946247097300842012-07-25T11:30:34.545-05:002012-07-25T11:30:34.545-05:00You could also check the indexes for the topic of ...You could also check the indexes for the topic of “virtual representation,” which is what Lee was arguing against, rather than taxation per se. Or for his “Monitor” essays.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-70171712308087444332012-07-25T11:13:20.541-05:002012-07-25T11:13:20.541-05:00I don't know of those Arthur Lee biographies; ...I don't know of those Arthur Lee biographies; you may need to read them more thoroughly.<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=RHxbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA200" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is Lee’s full 1768 essay as reprinted in 1770.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-62637630020457326982012-07-25T08:29:36.088-05:002012-07-25T08:29:36.088-05:00Very good. Here is the question I had for the auth...Very good. Here is the question I had for the author of <i>Arthur Lee, American Revolutionary</i>.<br /><br />"Arthur Lee of Virginia asked rhetorically whether any member of Parliament actually 'know us, or we him? No. ... Is he bound in duty and interest to preserve our liberty and property? No. Is he acquainted with our circumstances, situation, wants, etc.? No. What then are we to expect from him? Nothing but taxes without end.'"<br /><br />Those words appear online at the Tax History Museum (http://www.taxhistory.org/), yet they include no citation. I have a copy of the book Arthur Lee: A Virtuous Revolutionary, but I don't see taxes referenced in the index. Can you please tell me if Mr. Lee wrote or said this?<br /><br />Please let me know.<br /><br />Thank you,<br /><br />Pablo<br />pablo@ppoll.orgPablo del Realhttp://www.ppoll.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-72759097132307604252012-07-24T16:39:51.766-05:002012-07-24T16:39:51.766-05:00Although some internet sites credit those words to...Although some internet sites credit those words to James Otis, Jr., they were actually written by the Virginia-born Arthur Lee in 1768. I’ll discuss how the misattribution probably occurred in another posting. Thanks!J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-74314737432966495972012-07-24T13:26:03.838-05:002012-07-24T13:26:03.838-05:00J.L.,
Nice work on unraveling some of the origins...J.L.,<br /><br />Nice work on unraveling some of the origins of this powerful phrase and its connection to James Otis. In <i>P-poll: are you happy now?</i>, I cited James Otis as follows:<br /><br />Does he [our representative] know us? Or we, him? No. . . . Is he acquainted with our circumstances, situation, or wants? No. What then are we to expect from him? Nothing but taxes without end. (James Otis, either in his speech during the Writs of Assistance Case of 1761 or in A Vindication of the Conduct of the House of Representatives, 1762 (the source is unclear))<br /><br />Did you find any evidence of the phrase in Otis's pamphlet?<br /><br />Pablo del Real<br />Ppoll.orgPablo del Realhttp://www.ppoll.orgnoreply@blogger.com