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

Example Sentences

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Essex Junto

John Quincy Adams has stated that at that time the "Essex Junto" agreed upon a New England convention to consider the expediency of secession.

From Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

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 Johnson, Allen

That members of the Essex Junto would gladly have seized this opportunity to remake the Federal Union by excluding the Western States appears clearly enough in the correspondence of men like Timothy Pickering.

From Union and Democracy by Johnson, Allen

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 Chinard, Gilbert

Pickering then put his project before the members of the coterie of Federalists in Massachusetts, which was generally known as the "Essex Junto."

From Union and Democracy by Johnson, Allen