Show JOHN HANCOCK SMUGGLER Boston Herald James Jamee Henry Henr Stark paid his respects to John Hancock and Samuel Adams in a speech before the New England Historic Genealogical society at the meeting I in the house on So Somerset Somerset Somerset merset street The subject of the speech was The Loyalists of Massa lassa Massachusetts Massachusetts Bay Ba Whose Memories Are AreNow AreNow AreNow Now Forgotten by b air Empire They Served so Well Samuel Adams he lie said as tax collector of the city of Boston de do defaulted faulted and his bondsmen were sued by a vote ote of the town Judgment was WIlS rendered in this case for The city of Boston recently paid for foJ forthe or orthe the document giving the t e terms of this settlement which are signed in Adams own handwriting This docu document document ment mont is II now in the city clerks office at city hall hail John Hancock HancO k was the greatest smuggler this country ever evel knew con continued continued continued Mr Ir Stark At the tue time of the American revolution he was under in indictment Indictment for or over a half haIt million dollars As treasurer of Harvard college John Hancock defaulted all the funds of the college When he died years later the th college got the money back from his estate The loyalists represented the best class of people in the American col eel colonies colonies onies The character of the revolution revolutionary ary leaders like Adams and Hancock was not to be compared with the char character character acter actor of such loyalists as J 1 Winslow Copley Hutchinson and Sir Isaac Cof Cot Cottin tin Un Hutchinson was one of the greatest men America has ever eer produced He established the present boundary of Massachusetts and had It not been for him Berkshire county would now be bc a apart apart apart part of the state of iw w York It was as he who rid Massachusetts of ot an irredeemable paper money mones that all the other colonies were troubled with Sir ir Isaac Coffin was as another great example as he later became an admiral in the British navy Interested motives caused most of or orthe the leaders loaders of the th American revolution Jon to take part This was done at the ex cx expense e pease pense of the wealthy and iud educated classes who wen at itt the tIle head of or the affairs These wealthy and educated persons were driven front from the country their estates estate confiscated c and they the were warned not to return under er penalty of or death |