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Quincy (JOSIAH sometimes called JOSIAH)

JOSIAH, sometimes called JOSIAH QUINCY, JR., an American lawyer; born in Boston, Mass., Jan, 23, 1744. He graduated from Harvard in 1763.

He joined with John Adams in defending the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre case. But he took part in the town meeting ordering the "Boston tea-party"; and in September, 1774, went to England to speak in behalf of the colonists. His best known works are: "An Address of the Merchants, Traders, and Freeholders of Boston" in favor of a non-importation act (1770), and "Observations on the Boston Port Bill" (1774). He died April 26, 1775.