... merelybecause of the incompleteness of some of its details, nor from the lapse of time, but because of our inability toplace ourselves in the position or state of mind of the inhabitants of New York ... part of the expense of their support to be paid by the colonists themselves. This exasperated " ;the Sons of Liberty", and they met and resolved to resist this new act of oppression to the ... the town. As the heavy report boomed over the bay and shook the buildings of the town, the inhabitants leaped from their beds, and looking out of the windows, saw the sky lurid with flames.Their...