This Day in History: June 7

James Warren, on June 7, 1778, tried to summarize the effect of the recent election on him and the state. He had not been reelected by Plymouth voters in May, and the legislature did not promote him to the Council. “[If I were] dismissed from the Navy Board I should be truly a private Man, and an Independent Farmer. . . . I am tired of public life tho’ I was determined never to desert the Colours I helped to hoist. . . . If you Enquire how all this came to pass, I must tell you it is oweing to various causes. The people feel themselves uneasy and don’t know the reason. They have therefore shifted their members more generally than ever.” [More]