Talk:Suffolk Resolves

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Milton was never part of Stoughton. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.72.107.12 (talk • contribs) 18:16, 10 December 2006‎

Location
It says later on the page and at Suffolk Resolves House that the Resolves were voted in at the Daniel Vose House, on Adams Street, in what is now Milton Lower Mills. According to Milton, Massachusetts, that part of Milton split off from Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1662. It was never part of Canton or Stoughton. . . Jim - Jameslwoodward (talk to me • contribs) 15:46, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Edmund Burke and Declaration of Independence
The Suffolk Resolves lead paragraph mentions that British statesman Edmund Burke cited the Suffolk Resolves "as a major development in colonial animosity leading to adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence". I'm researching other issues related to the nation's founding and know little about Burke and the Resolves. However, I came across a reliable source that states "Burke never explicitly referred to the Declaration when discussing American constitutional ideas (if anything, in a speech from 1791 he seems to strongly censure its language)". Possibly Burke said other things about how the Suffolk Resolves led to American independence and the statement in the lead is a paraphrase, but in any case, it seems to me the reference to the Declaration needs to be replaced.

The source I'm referring to: American Restoration: Edmund Burke and the American Constitution. Apparently, the American Affairs Journal requires a subscription, but you can access one free article per month. I point this out because you may not be able to re-access the article after your first view. Allreet (talk) 08:39, 28 April 2022 (UTC)