As the seat of the Customs Board and the
apex of the revenue system of the continent, there were,
from the outset, grave of friction and violence
at Boston, although an executive bent upon conciliation
might have avoided disaster.
apex of the revenue system of the continent, there were,
from the outset, grave of friction and violence
at Boston, although an executive bent upon conciliation
might have avoided disaster.
Arthur Schlesinger - Colonial Merchants and the American Revolution
