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How the Federalist Party in New England Evolved (continued)

Differences of opinion among the Massachusetts Federalists became apparent in their responses to ratification of the Constitution.  James Madison drew up the “Virginia Plan” for the Constitution on which debate by the delegates began.  John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were … Continue reading

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How the Federalist Party Evolved in Massachusetts

As the last decade of the eighteenth century began, Massachusetts Federalists continued to be guided by the state’s revolutionary patriots. John Hancock (1737/8-1793) the wealthy merchant, and first signer the Declaration of Independence was enormously popular, with nearly infallible political instincts.  He presented … Continue reading

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Who was Theophilus Parsons?

Theophilus Parsons (1750-1813) like Timothy Pickering and George Cabot, was born in Essex County, Massachusetts.  Parsons, the son of a Congregational minister,  graduated from Harvard College in 1769.  While he studied law he taught school in what is now Maine.  Like … Continue reading

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Who was Fisher Ames?

Fisher Ames (1758-1808) was born outside of Essex County, near the southwest corner of Boston, in Dedham.  Intellectually precocious, Ames entered Harvard when he was twelve.  At an early age, he excelled at oratory and elocution.  He participated in a … Continue reading

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Who was George Cabot?

George Cabot (1752-1823), like Timothy Pickering, was born in Salem, in Essex County Massachusetts.  He too, attended Harvard.  He was a member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress in 1775.  He was a delegate to his state’s constitutional convention in 1777 … Continue reading

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Who was Timothy Pickering?

Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) was born in Salem, in Essex County Massachusetts.  After graduating from Harvard he studied law.  Originally  he was a loyalist.  On the eve of the American Revolution, he joined the patriots as a member of Salem’s Committee … Continue reading

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How Mathew Carey Singled Out John Lowell and the Clergy

Carey compared the state of Massachusetts with Georgia.  He noted “The state [Massachusetts] enslaved by faction, whines, and scolds, and murmurs, and winces, and curses the administration for not defending it, although every possible  exertion was made to enfeeble the administration … Continue reading

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Why Specie Flowed to New England

Boston’s Federalists crippled Madison’s war efforts economically.  First, using their newspapers and Congregationalist pulpits, they urged New Englanders not to subscribe to government loans—the war bonds of the era.[1] Carey noted that most Federalists from the mid-Atlantic did not take … Continue reading

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Did New England Pay More Duties than the South?

Before income tax, custom duties (or tariffs) provided revenue for the United States government. Carey lumped together the duties paid by New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut from 1791 until 1810:  $10, 591,000.[1] From 1791 until 1810 Maryland paid … Continue reading

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Did New England Have the Right to Claim Superiority in Commerce?

Carey claimed his readers would be amazed at the figures he was about to report.  He wrote that he was astonished himself when he analyzed foreign and domestic exports from the United States. Exports Foreign and Domestic            Exports Foreign and … Continue reading

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