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James Otis

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James Otis

James Otis Jr. was an 18th-century American lawyer and political activist from Massachusetts who wrote influential pamphlets and speeches opposing British colonial policies. He is best known for arguing against the writs of assistance and popularizing the phrase "taxation without representation is tyranny."

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The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley

Neal, the Miller: A Son of Liberty

A District Messenger Boy, and A Necktie Party

The Minute Boys of Long Island

James Otis · L. J. (Lewis Jesse) Bridgman

The Minute Boys of the Wyoming Valley

James Otis · A. B. (Augustus Burnham) Shute

The Minute Boys of Philadelphia

James Otis · L. J. (Lewis Jesse) Bridgman

The Search for the Silver City: A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan

The Minute Boys of South Carolina

James Otis · J. W. Kennedy

The Armed Ship America; Or, When We Sailed from Salem

James Otis · J. W. Kennedy

Teddy and Carrots: Two Merchants of Newpaper Row

James Otis · W. A. (William Allen) Rogers

Toby Tyler; Or, Ten Weeks with a Circus

Richard of Jamestown : a Story of the Virginia Colony

Tim and Tip

James Otis · W. A. (William Allen) Rogers

Josiah in New York; or, A coupon from the Fresh Air Fund

With Perry on Lake Erie

James Otis · William F. (William Frederick) Stecher

The Secret Chart; or, Treasure Hunting in Hayti

Wrecked on Spider Island; Or, How Ned Rogers Found the Treasure

James Otis · George E. Graves

Philip of Texas: A Story of Sheep Raising in Texas

Benjamin of Ohio: A Story of the Settlement of Marietta

Martha of California: A Story of the California Trail

Mary of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement

With the Swamp Fox: A Story of General Marion's Young Spies

James Otis · J. Watson Davis

Ruth of Boston: A Story of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

The Life Savers: A story of the United States life-saving service