Definition of Josiah Quincy

1. Noun. American patriot who presented the colonists' grievances to the English king (1744-1775).

Exact synonyms: Quincy
Generic synonyms: American Revolutionary Leader

Lexicographical Neighbors of Josiah Quincy

Joseph ben Matthias
Joseph knife
Joseph rhinoplasty
Josephina
Josephine
Josephism
Josephson effect
Josephson junction
Josephus
Josh
Josh.
Josh Billings
Joshua
Joshua tree
Josiah
Josiah Quincy (current term)
Josiah Spode
Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Willard Gibbs
Josias
Josie
Josip Broz
Joslyn
Josue
Jotto
Jotun
Jotunn
Jotunns
Jotuns
Joubert's syndrome

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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