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Definition of Josiah Quincy
1. Noun. American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Josiah Quincy
Literary usage of Josiah Quincy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1879)
"Josiah Quincy, Senior, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay, 1709, in the
house of his great-grandfather, Edmund Quincy, of England, yet standing on the ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"QUINCY, Josiah, sometimes called Josiah Quincy, JR., American lawyer: b. ...
QUINCY, Josiah, American lawyer, son of Josiah Quincy (1772-1864): b. ..."
3. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1900)
"Josiah Quincy WELCOME TO DICKENS [Speech of Josiah Quincy, Jr., at the banquet
given by the " Young Men of Boston " at Boston, Mass., February I, 1842, ..."
4. American Criminal Trials by Peleg Whitman Chandler (1841)
"Josiah Quincy, jun., was the son of Josiah Quincy, a merchant in Boston, who,
having acquired a handsome fortune, retired to Brain- tree, the seat of his ..."
5. The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including the Private as Well as the by Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow (1904)
"... and others, in the British House of Lords, January 20, 1775. See Life of Josiah
Quincy, Junior, pp. ..."
6. Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British by Marion Mills Miller, United States Congress, Great Britain Parliament (1913)
"and Josiah Quincy, Jr. [Mass.], oppose them—Declaration of the Massachusetts
Assembly—Controversy between Lord Hillsborough and James Otis [Mass. ..."
7. The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life by John Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1854)
"TO Josiah Quincy. Quincy, 9 February, 1811. I have received with much pleasure
your favor of the 29th of January. Before I proceed, let me premise a few ..."
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