"The lower Class of People here are in a tumult on the account of Reports from Boston. Many of them expect they will be forced by rich gentlemen to go and fight the Britains! I asked Colonel Carter if he proposes to observe the fast day. He answered that no one from his family would observe the Fast at all."

--Paraphrased from Fithian Journal, 111

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Philip Vickers Fithian is the live-in tutor who teaches Robert Carter's children. Robert Carter is a member of the Royal Governor's Council.

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