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Tag: 1687

The defiant Samuel Appleton

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 Gordon Harris6 Comments
Appleton's Pulpit Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission

In 1687, a warrant was issued for the arrest of several Ipswich men for being "seditiously inclined and disaffected to his Majesty's government." The 62-year-old Major Samuel Appleton scorned the appearance of submission and remained imprisoned in the cold Boston Jail through the winter.

Posted in Andros Rebellion, People, StoriesTagged 1687, Andros, Appleton, Court, Ipswich, September, town government, truth

The “Birthplace of American Independence”

March 28, 2021November 13, 2022 Gordon Harris2 Comments

Resistance by the citizens and leaders of Ipswich to a tax imposed by the Crown in 1687 is commemorated in the seal of the town of Ipswich, which bears the motto, "The Birthplace of American Independence 1687."

Posted in Andros Rebellion, HistoryTagged 1687, Andros, Appleton, Birthplace of American Independence, fear, insanity, town government, war
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