University of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository Communication Scholarship Communication 2014 The Child Independence is Born: James Otis and Writs of Assistance James M. Farrell University of New Hampshire,
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[email protected]. THE CHILD INDEPDENCENCE IS BORN: JAMES OTIS AND WRITS OF ASSISTANCE James M. Farrell University of New Hampshire Expired without a groan On May 26, 1783, the Boston Gazette reported "that last Friday Evening, the House of Mr. Isaac Osgood was set on Fire and much shattered by Lightning, by which the Hon. JAMES OTIS, Esq., of this Town, leaning upon his Cane at the front Door, was instantly killed.