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Excerpt from A Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard Family: Containing a Full Account of the First Three Generations of the Family of James Leonard, Who Was an Early Settler of Taunton, With Incidental Notices of Later Descendants
Soon after his course had become known, several mobs collected on the Green, uttering ferocious threats, and some were for submitting him to personal indignities, but as he had been much beloved by the people of Taunton, some of the leading Whigs interfered, and persuaded the people to abstain from any acts of violence. He sought an asylum in Boston, then occupied by the British, believing confidently, that his family would be safe but, his house was assailed in the night, and in it the marks of bullets can still be detected. His family soon after joined him in Boston.ale In 1776, be accompanied the British to Halifax, and after wards went to England to reside, where he received the appointment of Chief Justice of Bermuda. After filling this office for many years, he again in his last days, took up his residence in London.
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Soon after his course had become known, several mobs collected on the Green, uttering ferocious threats, and some were for submitting him to personal indignities, but as he had been much beloved by the people of Taunton, some of the leading Whigs interfered, and persuaded the people to abstain from any acts of violence. He sought an asylum in Boston, then occupied by the British, believing confidently, that his family would be safe but, his house was assailed in the night, and in it the marks of bullets can still be detected. His family soon after joined him in Boston.ale In 1776, be accompanied the British to Halifax, and after wards went to England to reside, where he received the appointment of Chief Justice of Bermuda. After filling this office for many years, he again in his last days, took up his residence in London.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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ISBN - 9781528561402
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Page Count - 30
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