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"BOSTONIANS FIGHT TO ANNIHILATE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE COUNTRY" (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) Harris, James. Letter from a member of Parliament concerning the Boston revolutionaries. Autograph Letter Signed to unidentified recipient. 3 manuscript pages, 8 3/4 x 7 inches, on one folding sheet without address panel; two small ink smudges in text. Close of Sarum [Salisbury, England], 12 November 1774
James Harris (1709-1780) was a British author on grammar and other subjects; he also served as a Member of Parliament for Christchurch from 1761 until 1780. In this letter, he refers briefly but vividly to the brewing trouble across the ocean: "Tis a dismal time for Parliamentary attendance, but business you know must be done, and I consider our [school?] to be at war, as must as if the Bostonians were Algerines or Turks, with this difference in favour of the latter--they only fight to do us present local damage; the Bostonians fight to annihilate the sovereignty of the country."
