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Josiah Quincy II
Painted posthumously by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1825
Born(1744 -02-23)February 23, 1744
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedApril 26, 1775(1775-04-26) (aged 31)
North Atlantic Ocean
EducationHarvard College
Occupation(s)Lawyer and Patriot
SpouseAbigail Phillips
RelativesQuincy family
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Josiah Quincy II (/ˈkwɪnzi/; February 23, 1744 – April 26, 1775) was an American lawyer and patriot. He was a principal spokesman for the Sons of Liberty in Boston prior to the Revolution and was John Adams' co-counsel during the trials of Captain Thomas Preston and the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.

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was Eliza Susan Morton Quincy. Anna's grandfather, Josiah Quincy II, had also served as mayor of Boston, as did her brother, Josiah. Her other siblings were:...

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Boston Massacre

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warns that some will give their lives, foreshadowing the death of Rab. Josiah Quincy II: The young lawyer and member of the Sons of Liberty who defends Johnny...

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List of people from Massachusetts

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Dorothy Quincy Homestead

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to Quincy Bay and included the Dorothy Quincy House (1686), the Josiah Quincy House (1770), and the Josiah Quincy Mansion (1848). The Josiah Quincy Mansion...

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List of Boston Latin School alumni

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Boston, where he was escorted by her nephew, Mayor Josiah Quincy III, Lafayette saw Dorothy Quincy watching from a balcony. He stopped his carriage, placed...

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1775

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Philips, engraver from the Northern Netherlands (b. 1690) April 26 – Josiah Quincy II, American lawyer (b. 1744) April 27 – Peter Boehler, Moravian missionary...

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George Cabot

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excellent conversationalist in private. Among his close friends was Josiah Quincy II, who later became President of Harvard University. Historian George...

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Samuel Vaughan

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William Beckford and Barlow Trecothick. In December 1774 Franklin and Josiah Quincy II stayed with Vaughan at Wanstead in Essex. In the period 1781–2 the...

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Journal of Occurrences

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Massachusetts Spy. Historian Oliver M. Dickerson suggests that John Adams or Josiah Quincy II helped with the legal material, such as the discussion of the writs...

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List of members of the colonial Massachusetts House of Representatives

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Treat Paine Joseph Parsons Jr. William Phillips Sr. Edmund Quincy (1628-1698) John Quincy Edmund Rice (colonist) Thomas Rice (1654) Thomas Rice (1734)...

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1770s

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Philips, engraver from the Northern Netherlands (b. 1690) April 26 – Josiah Quincy II, American lawyer (b. 1744) April 27 – Peter Boehler, Moravian missionary...

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Tudor Place

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political figure Josiah Quincy III and his wife, Eliza Susan Quincy, visited the Peters at Tudor Place. While there, Mrs. Peter gave Josiah General Washington's...

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Charles Francis Adams III

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was born on August 2, 1866, in Quincy, Massachusetts, to Frances "Fanny" Cadwalader Crowninshield and John Quincy Adams II. Adams graduated cum laude from...

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