Excerpt from Under the Liberty Tree: A Story of the "Boston Massacre" These boys had Shown several times in the Vicinity of this same so-called Liberty Hall of what acts they were capable, and there was not one of them but that looked forward to the time when it Should be possible to do some thing more than simply vent his displeasure in words. They had been among the throng Who, in open defiance of the law, had made prisoner of Giles Hendricks; tarred and feathered, and then carried him in a cart through the principal streets of the city to the Liberty Tree, because he had given evidence regarding the smuggling of wine from Rhode Island. Here under the old elm he had been forced to swear he would never be guilty of a like crime in the future, and only then was allowed to go free, wear ing his closely fitting and decidedly uncomfortable garment of tar. The gathering on this particular night at Liberty Hall was, in the Opinion of those participating, of great impor tance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.