(WAR OF 1812) Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Memorial R

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"WHEN THE GOVERNMENT OF A FREE PEOPLE IS FELT TO BE OPPRESSIVE" (WAR OF 1812.) Commonwealth of Massachusetts * The Memorial & Remonstrance of the Legislature of Massachusetts. 10, 12 pages. Contemporary official manuscript copies, one signed by Nathan Coffin as clerk of the United States Senate, 15 x 9 inches; each leaf mounted on an early paper stub, covering an occasional letter; minor wear and toning. [Washington, DC], 11 and 17 February 1809

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These speeches presented in Congress represented the official Massachusetts response to the Embargo Act of 1807, which restricted all of America's foreign trade. Massachusetts, being largely dependent on trade, was particularly hard-hit by the embargo. The Massachusetts legislature expressed their "apprehension that the nation is to be speedily plunged into a war with Great Britain," a concern which proved to be well-founded.