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JAMES OTIS
1725-1783
revolutionary Lawyer & Propagandist
Education: Harvard
Occupation: lawyer
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Organizational Affiliation(s): Mason
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Books
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Articles
T. H. Breen, "Subjecthood and Citizenship: The Context of James Otis's Radical Critique of John Locke," The New England Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 3, Sep., 1998, pp. 378-403
Ellen Elizabeth Brennan, "James Otis: Recreant and Patriot," The New England Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Dec., 1939), pp. 691-725
Thomas K. Clancy, "The Importance of James Otis," Mississippi Law Journal, Vol. 82, No. 2, 2013, 2013, pp. 487-523
James M. Farrell, "The Writs of Assistance and Public Memory: John Adams and the Legacy of James Otis," The New England Quarterly, Vol. 79, No. 4, Dec., 2006, pp. 533-556
James R. Ferguson, "Reason in Madness: The Political Thought of James Otis," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 36, No. 2, Apr., 1979, pp. 194-214
Joseph R. Frese, "James Otis and Writs of Assistance," The New England Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 4, Dec., 1957, pp. 496-508
Rev. H. Hewitt, "James Otis, Jr," The New England Magazine, Vol. 4, Iss. 4, April 1886, pp. 319-330
Richard A. Samuelson, "The Constitutional Sanity of James Otis: Resistance Leader and Loyal Subject," Review of Politics, Vol. 61, No. 3, Summer, 1999, pp. 493-523
Erick Trickey, Why the Colonies' Most Galvanizing Patriot Never Became a Founding Father, Smithsonian Magazine, May 5, 2017
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