“Kingcraft and priestcraft have fell out so often, that 'tis a wonder this grand and ancient alliance is not broken off forever. Happy for mankind will it be when such a separation shall take place.”

—  James Otis Jr.

Argument Against the Writs of Assistance (1761)

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Lawyer in colonial Massachusetts 1725–1783

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