Portrait of a Patriot: The Major Political and Legal Papers of Josiah Quincy Junior (Volume 3) (PUBLICATIONS OF THE COLONIAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS) - Hardcover

Quincy Jr., Josiah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0979466202 ISBN 13: 9780979466205

Publisher: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 2007

Synopsis

Providing readers with the unusual opportunity to enter into the extraordinary mind of a patriot in the period immediately preceding the Revolution, the Portrait of a Patriot series presents the major papers of the Boston lawyer and patriot penman Josiah Quincy Jr. (1744-1775). In this, the third of five volumes, we meet Quincy as a rising member of the Massachusetts bar and a member of the Boston Committee of Correspondence, making a tour of the Southern colonies to assess the depth of commitment to the patriot cause there. While cautious of the political leanings of his hosts, Quincy was clearly dazzled by the opulence and sophistication of late-eighteenth-century Charleston society. As he traveled northward, he continued to record candid observations on Southern manners, womenfolk, and the institution of slavery in his journal, thus creating a unique portrait of American society on the eve of the American Revolution.

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel R. Coquillette is the J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor at Boston College and the Lester Kissel Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School. Neil Longley York is the Karl G. Maeser Professor of General Education and Chair of the History Department at Brigham Young University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Colonial Society of Massachusetts
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0979466202
• ISBN 13: 9780979466205
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 390
• Editor: Coquillette Daniel R., York Neil Longley