These stand out as I get into our history.
John – June & July 1763, He publishes his first known newspaper pieces, signed "Humphrey Ploughjogger" and "U," in the Boston Evening Post and Boston Gazette. – these essays were moral lectures on the evils of political factions and partisanship and were distinctive in their style, which attempted to mimic the voice of a quasi-literate farmer with a down-home sense of humor and a rustic kind of wisdom.
Abigail – 1776 Code of Laws, “The new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, desire you will remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power in the hands of husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
“But you must remember that arbitrary power is like most other things that are very hard, and notwithstanding all your wise laws and maxims, we have it in our powers, not only to free ourselves, but to subdue our masters, and, without violence, throw your natural and legal authority at your feet.”
In addition to the rights of women, she spoke about slavery as well as the property qualification to vote must be ended if America’s revolutionary agenda was to be applied consistently.
A couple in the right place at the right time to really make a difference.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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