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James Otis Jr. (February 5, 1725 – May 23, 1783) was an American lawyer, politician, and activist who was an early supporter of patriotic causes in the Province of Massachusetts Bay at the beginning of the American Revolution. Otis was a fervent opponent of the writs of assistance introduced in 1761 which allowed law enforcement officials to search private property without cause. He later criticized British plans to introduce new taxes in the Thirteen Colonies. As a result, Otis is often credited with coining the slogan "taxation without representation is tyranny". (From Wikipedia) More about James Otis:
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4 additional books about James Otis in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) The life of James Otis, of Massachusetts: containing also, notices of some contemporary characters and events, from the year 1760 to 1775 (Wells and Lilly, 1823), by William Tudor (page images at HathiTrust)- James Otis, the pre-revolutionist; a brief interpretation of the life and work of a patriot (The University Association, 1898), by John Clark Ridpath (page images at HathiTrust)
- Address on James Otis : delivered in the Mercantile Library Lecture--Course, Tremont Temple, February 1, 1860 (s.n., 1860), by H. F. Durant (page images at HathiTrust)
- Birthplace of the patriot James Otis (T. R. Marvin & son, printers], 1917), by Frank William Sprague (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by James Otis: Additional books by James Otis in the extended shelves:- Otis, James, 1725-1783: [English language : pamphlet volume consisting chiefly of articles extracted from journal publications] (s.n., 1760) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Otis, James, 1725-1783: Brief remarks on the Defence of the Halifax libel, on the British-American-colonies. [Three lines in Latin from Cicero] (Boston: : Printed and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street,, M,DCC,LXV. [1765]), also by Stephen Hopkins (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Otis, James, 1725-1783: A collection of the most interesting tracts, lately published in England and America, on the subjects of taxing the American colonies, and regulating their trade ... (Printed for J. Almon, opposite Burlington-House, in Piccadilly, 1766), also by Joshua Steele, Jeremiah Dummer, Daniel Dulany, John Dickinson, and John Almon (page images at HathiTrust)
- Otis, James, 1725-1783: Considerations on behalf of the colonists in a letter to a noble lord. (Printed for J. Almon ..., 1765), also by Soame Jenyns (page images at HathiTrust)
- Otis, James, 1725-1783: The rights of the British colonies asserted and proved (Boston, New-England, printed: London reprinted, for J. Almon ..., 1765) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Otis, James, 1725-1783: The rights of the British colonies asserted and proved (Boston, New England, printed, London reprinted, for J. Williams ... and J. Almon ..., 1766) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Otis, James, 1725-1783: The rights of the British colonies asserted and proved (Printed and sold by Edes and Gill ..., 1764) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Otis, James, 1725-1783: The rights of the British colonies asserted and proved. By James Otis, Esq; ; [Four lines in Latin from Virgil] (Boston: : Printed and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street., M,DCC,LXIV. [1764]), also by Richard Dana (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Otis, James, 1725-1783: The rudiments of Latin prosody: with A dissertation on letters, and the principles of harmony, in poetic and prosaic composition. (Printed and sold by B. Mecom, 1760) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Otis, James, 1725-1783: A vindication of the British colonies, against the aspersions of the Halifax gentleman, in his Letter to a Rhode-Island friend. [Twelve lines in Latin from Virgil] (Boston: : Printed and sold by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street,, 1765) (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Otis, James, 1725-1783: A vindication of the conduct of the House of Representatives of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay: more particularly, in the last session of the General Assembly. / By James Otis, Esq; a member of said House. ; [Four lines of verse] (Boston: : Printed by Edes & Gill, in Queen-Street., 1762) (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Otis, James, 1725-1783: The wreck of the circus. (Crowell, 1897), also by C.J. Peters & Son and Thomas Y. Crowell Company (page images at HathiTrust)
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