Clarke Peters
speaker
443 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 11 Jun
Clarke Peters’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Everything that's not nailed down is either ruined or stolen.
Even the servants' clothes are pilfered.
By sunrise, the rioters have made their exit.
Hutchinson stands in front of the rubble.
It is, he says, the rage of devils that has come to Boston.
The trashing of Hutchinson's house is mimicked throughout the colonies.
Tax collectors everywhere are in a state of panic.
Many quit their posts in the hope that it'll save them from the mob.
To harness and control this energy, the colony's political elites attempt to make common cause.
Leaders from nine colonies decide to gather in New York City.
At the meeting, delegates draw up a Declaration of Rights and grievances.
It adds an official air to the events.
There's no doubt, this is not just the bellyaching of a few amped up Bostonians.
Across the ocean, Benjamin Franklin grows agitated.
In Parliament, a place almost as rowdy as Boston, there's more than a little sympathy for the colonies.
In January 1766, Franklin buys a pamphlet.
He turns his pages eagerly.
Inside is the text of a speech just delivered by William Pitt, a leading figure in the Whig Party that pushes the interests of Parliament over those of the monarch.
Through his round framed glasses, Franklin reads Pitt's latest speech, a rebuke of the Stamp Act.
After a few weeks, Franklin echoes the sentiment when he's called to Parliament himself.
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