Massachusettensis

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Massachusettensis :

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OR

A SERIES of LETTERS,

CONTAINING

A FAITHFUL STATE OF MANY IMPORTANT

AND STRIKING FACTS,

WHICH LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE

PRESENT TROUBLES

in the

Province of the Massachusetts-Bay;

interspersed with

ANIMADVERSIONS and REFLECTIONS,

originally Addressed to the PEOPLE of that Province, and worthy the

Consideration of the true Patriots of this Country.

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By a Person of Honor upon the Spot.

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Falsus Honor juvat, & mendax Infamia terret, Quem, nisi mendosum & mendacem? Vir bonus est quis? Qui Consulta Patrum, qui Leges Juraque servat.

Hor. Ep. xvi.

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BOSTON printed: London reprinted for J. Mathews, No. 18, in the Strand, M DCC LXXVI

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Massachusettensis I - December 12, 1774

Massachusettensis II - December 19, 1774

Massachusettensis III - December 26, 1774

Massachusettensis IIII - January 2, 1774

Massachusettensis V - January 9, 1774

Massachusettensis VI - January 16, 1774

Massachusettensis VII - January 23, 1774

Massachusettensis VIII - January 30, 1774

Massachusettensis VIIII - February 6, 1774

Massachusettensis X - February 13, 1774

Massachusettensis XI - February 20, 1774

Massachusettensis XII - February 27, 1774

Massachusettensis XIII - March 6, 1774

Massachusettensis XIIII - March 13, 1774

Massachusettensis XV - March 20, 1774

Massachusettensis XVI - March 27, 1774

Massachusettensis XVII - April 3, 1774

Massachusettensis was written by Jonathan Sewall and published in the years 1774-1775.

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Source: Leonard, Daniel. Massachusettensis. J. Matthews, 1776.

[The author was wrongfully attributed to Daniel Leonard, John Adams would later clarify that it was his friend Jonathan Sewall who write these essays]