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" Club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the Adjutant of the Boston Regiment. He has a large house, and he has a movable partition in his garret which he takes down, and the whole club meets in one room. There they smoke tobacco till... "
Readings on Parties and Elections in the United States - Page 38
edited by - 1912 - 354 pages
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Campaign of '84: Biographies of James G. Blaine, the Republican Candidate ...

Thomas Valentine Cooper, Hector Tyndale Fenton - 1884 - 530 pages
...which he takes down meets in his room. tobacco until they cannot see one end of the room from another. There they drink flip, I suppose, and there they choose...regularly ; and selectmen, assessors, collectors, wardens, fire wards and representatives are regularly chosen in the town. Uncle Fairfield, Story, Ruddock, Adams,...
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Campaign of '84: Biographies of S. Grover Cleveland, the Democratic ...

Benjamin La Fevre - 1884 - 532 pages
...the caulking house or caulk house in which they were held. What was at first a derisive description, flip, I suppose, and there they choose a moderator...regularly; and selectmen, assessors, collectors, wardens, fire wards and representatives are regularly chosen in the town. Uncle Fairfield, Story, Ruddock, Adams,...
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The American Caucus System: Its Origin, Purpose and Utility

George W. Lawton - 1885 - 118 pages
...Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. He has a large house and he has a movable partition in his garret which he takes down and the whole club meets...regularly. And selectmen, assessors, collectors, wardens of fire-wards and representatives are chosen before they are chosen at the town. Uncle Fairfield, Story,...
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Samuel Adams

James Kendall Hosmer - 1885 - 652 pages
...Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. He has a large house, and he has a movable partition in his garret, which he takes down, and the whole club meets...from one end of the garret to the other. There they drinU flip, I suppose, and there they choose a moderator who puts questions to the vote regularly ;...
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The Constitutional History and Government of the United States

Judson Stuart Landon - 1889 - 796 pages
...Club meets, at certain times, in ihe garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Doston regiment. * * * There they choose a Moderator, who puts questions...fire-wards, and representatives, are regularly chosen lie/ore they are chosen in the totrn." " More than fifty years ago," (from 1774) " Mr. Samuel Adams'...
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American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a ...

Thomas Valentine Cooper - 1892 - 1144 pages
...meets in his room. There they smoke I tobacco until they cannot see one end of i the room from another. There they drink | flip, I suppose, and there they...regularly ; and selectmen, assessors, collectors, wardens, fire wards and representatives are regularlv chosen in the town. Uncle Fairfield, Story, Ruddock, Adams,...
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History of the Siege of Boston, and of the Battles of Lexington, Concord ...

Richard Frothingham - 1896 - 440 pages
...house, and he has a movable partition in his garrett, which he takes down, and the whole club meet in one room. There they smoke tobacco till you cannot...from one end of the garret to the other. There they drmk Ilip, I suppose, and ihere they choose a moderator, who puts quesiions to the vote regularly ;...
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Nominations for Elective Office in the United States

Frederick William Dallinger - 1897 - 324 pages
...Dawes, the Adjutant of the Boston Regiment. He has a large house, and he has a movable partition in his garret which he takes down, and the whole club meets...till you cannot see from one end of the garret to the other.17 There they drink flip, I suppose, and there they choose a moderator who puts questions to...
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The Citizen, Volumes 3-4

1898 - 474 pages
...Club meets at certain times in the garret of Tom Dawes, the Adjutant of the Boston Begiment. . . . There they smoke tobacco till you cannot see from...questions to the vote regularly; and selectmen, assessors, fire-wards and representatives are regularly chosen before they are chosen in the town." Soon after...
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The Rise and Growth of American Politics: A Sketch of Constitutional Development

Henry Jones Ford - 1898 - 446 pages
...University Studies. of the Boston regiment. He has a large house, and he has a movable partition in his garret, which he takes down, and the whole club meets...smoke tobacco till you cannot see from one end of the room to the other. There they drink flip, I suppose, and there they choose a moderator who puts questions...
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