Essex Junto

American  

[juhn-toh] / ˈdʒʌn toʊ /

noun

U.S. History.

1. a group of extreme Federalist party members from Essex county, Massachusetts.

2. any Federalist.

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Etymology

Origin of Essex Junto

An Americanism dating back to 1795–1805

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Example Sentences

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Essex Junto

Quite suddenly, however, the majority, frightened by threats of secession openly made by the New England members, and fearful of the famous Essex Junto, rallied to a compromise.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard

Replying for his intimates in the Essex Junto, George Cabot put aside the project, not as in any wise morally reprehensible,—on the contrary, he thought separation desirable,—but as impracticable.

From Union and Democracy by Allen Johnson

At the head of this minority is what is called the Essex Junto of Massachusetts.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

This, too, was after we had become satisfied, that the Essex Junto had found their expectation desperate, of inducing the people there to either separation or forcible opposition.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

A "Pharisee of the Pharisees" in the Essex Junto, he cherished all the intense hatred of that branch of the Federalists for the war and its supporters.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley

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