REFERENCES FOR CHAPTERS VI.–VII.—Sir G. O. Trevelyan, _American Revolution_, Vol. I., contains probably the best account of the Boston campaign; J. Fiske, _American Revolution_ (2 vols.), is a delightful presentation of the whole period; H. C. Lodge, _Story of the Revolution_ (2 vols.); G. Bancroft, _History of the United States_ (revised edition); R. Hildreth, _History of the United States_, Vol. III.; W. E. H. Lecky, _England in the Eighteenth Century_, the part relating to the American war is exceedingly thorough, careful, and valuable; Lord Mahon, _History of England_ (7 vols.), more inclined to the British view than Lecky or Trevelyan; M. C. Tyler, _Literary History of the American Revolution_ (2 vols.), an invaluable work on the history of public opinion during the period, and especially noteworthy in showing the power of the Tories; M. C. Tyler, _Patrick Henry_; H. C. Lodge, _George Washington_ (2 vols.); E. J. Lowell, _Hessians_; T. Roosevelt, _The Winning of the West_, Vol. II.; Burke, _Speech on Conciliation with America_; Channing and Hart, _Guide to American History_; W. Niles, _Principles and Acts of the American Revolution_; J. Parton, _Life of Franklin_, _Life of Jefferson_; for other biographies, see Channing and Hart’s _Guide_, §§ 25, 32, 33, and 135; G. C. Eggleston, _American War Ballads_; W. Sargent, _Loyalist Poetry of the Revolution_; J. F. Cooper, _The Spy_, an admirable account of Tories about the Hudson; S. Weir Mitchell, _Hugh Wynne_, a picture of social conditions about Philadelphia; P. L. Ford, _Janice Meredith_, a portrayal of life in New Jersey during nearly the whole period of the war; H. Frederic, _In the Valley_, life on the Mohawk in the Revolutionary period; W. G. Simms, _The Partisan_, _Mellichampe_, _The Scout_, _Katharine Walton_, _The Forayers_, _Eutaw_, all relate to the conflict in the South; J. P. Kennedy, _Horse-Shoe Robinson_, also deals with the war in the South. For Paul Revere’s ride, see Longfellow’s poem in _Tales of a Wayside Inn_. ----- [57] In 1743 the governor of New York wrote that he “could not meet the Assembly without subjecting the king’s authority and himself to contempt.” The governor of South Carolina wrote, “The frame of the civil government is unhinged; the people have got the whole administration in their hands; the Constitution must be remodeled.” Governor Sherlock wrote that “Virginia had nothing more at heart than to lessen the influence of the crown.” The governor of New Jersey wrote of the legislature that he “could not bring the delegates into passing measures for suppressing the wicked spirit of rebellion.” The governor of Massachusetts wrote deploring “the mobbish turn of the town,” and accounting for it by saying that “the management of it devolved upon the popular Assembly in their town meeting.”