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A list of persons who affected the Gaspee attack, or the events that followed and led to the American Revolutionary War, includes both American and English officials, businessmen, and persons from all occupations of life, who lived and worked in all the New England colonies. Examples of the persons involved include people like: Robert Auchmuty, Jr. - the Judge of the Vice-Admiralty Court for New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, and a member of the Royal Commission of Inquiry investigating the Gaspee affair. Samuel Adams - One of the main, one of the most famous, and one of the earliest advocates of revolution. John Allen - An important Boston minister who delivered a sermon titled "An Oration Upon the Beauty of Liberty, Or the Essential Rights of Americans." This sermon was then printed and widely distributed. The sermon and the printed version protested England's reaction in the Gaspee case and argued England and America were separate legal jurisdictions. This idea became revolutionary doctrine during the war after 1775. The importance to us is that the doctrine was a result of the Gaspee attack and was first clearly stated and widely distributed as a result of the Gaspee incident. Jesse Saville - "Tidewaiter" or assistant to the Providence customs collector. Saville was considered to be a spy and informer for the British. In Providence, in 1769, he had been tarred, feathered, and beaten by a gang who were never identified. In 1776 he had moved to Gloucester, MA, where according to a lawsuit he brought in Essex (MA) County Court he again was set upon and beaten. See Joseph E. Garland, Guns off Gloucester, (1976, Cricket Press). A gateway to some limited notes on prominent persons who influenced or affected the events of the Gaspee Attack or its aftermath --- but who were not in the boats attacking the Gaspee is here. If you want to read about the Rhode Island men who were in the boats that went
out to capture the Gaspee and then burned the ship, go to
List of
probable raiders in the attacking boats |
