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A List of Those Persons Who First Met at Liberty Tree, in Charleston, in the Fall of the Year 1766, After the Repeal of the Stamp Act of the Parliament of England, Against the American Colonies, as Extracted from the Original List in the Hands of Benjamin Elliott, Esq., Register in Equity, Which List Is Signed by George Flagg, the Only Survivor of the Party. [MSS. of Christopher Gadsden] 1. Christopher Gadsden, Merchant, then 42 years old. 2. William Johnson, Blacksmith. 3. Joseph Veree, Carpenter. 4. John Fullerton, Carpenter. 5. James Brown, Carpenter. 6. Nath'l Libby, Ship Carpenter. 7. George Flagg, Painter and Glazier. 8. Thos. Coleman, Upholsterer. 9. John Hall, Coachmaker. 10. Wm. Field, Carver. 11. Robert Jones, Sadler. 12. John Loughton, Coachmaker. 13. W. Rodgers, Wheelwright. 14. John Claver, Clerk in some office. 15. H. Y. Bookless, Wheelwright 16. J. Barlow, Sadler. 17. Tunis Teabout, Blacksmith. 18. Peter Munclean, Clerk. 19. Wm. Trusler, Butcher. 20. Robert Howard, Carpenter. 21. Alex. Alexander, Schoolmaster. 22. Ed. Weyman, Clerk of St. Philip's Church, and glass grinder. 23. Thos. Swarle, Painter. 24. Wm. Laughton, Tailor. 25. Daniel Cannon, Carpenter. 26. Benjamin Hawes, Painter. On this occasion the above persons invited Mr. Gadsden to join them, and to meet at an oak tree just beyond Gadsden's Green, over the Creek at Hampstead, to a collation prepared at their joint expense for the session. Here they talked over the mischiefs which the Stamp Act would have induced, and congratulated each other on its repeal. On this occasion Mr. Gadsden delivered to them an address, stating their rights, and encouraging them to defend them against all foreign taxation. Upon which joining hands around the tree, they associated themselves as defenders and supporters of American Liberty, and from that time the oak was called Liberty Treeand public meetings were occasionally holden there. (From Documentary History of the American Revolution, by Gibbes, Volume 1, pp. 10-11) Doc ID: Gibbes, v. 1, p. 010 Date: 10/01/1766 |
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