Wikipedia is not an annotated bibliography I ve removed this Further reading According to Bernard Bailyn the dean of revolutionary war historians the best description of Otis is found in Wroth and Zobel eds Legal Papers of Adams II 1965 Vol II No 41 Petition of Lechmere pp 106 147 It may seem surprising that the best analysis of Otis is in the Legal Papers of John Adams no reference to Otis in the title Wroth and Zobel s forty page editorial commentary is more accurate and detailed than most of the Otis literature Perhaps the two most valuable essays on Otis after Wroth and Zobel are Bernard Bailyn himself Pamphlets of the American Revolution 1750 1776 1965 Vol I pp 409 415 Vol II pp 546 552 William Cuddihy The Fourth Amendment Origins and Original Meaning 602 1791 2009 William Cuddihy is the leading fourth amendment history scholar in the country His monumental work on the Fourth Amendment first appeared in his 1990 unpublished Ph D dissertation which was cited not only by fourth amendment scholars in the last two decades but also by Sandra Day O Connor in Vernonia School District v Acton 515 U S 646 669 115 S Ct 2386 2398 132 L Ed 2d 564 1995 O Connor J dissenting There are two biographies of Otis which although hagiographic and filled with inaccuracies are a must read for any Otis scholar William Tudor Life of James Otis 1823 John Clark Ridpath James Otis the Pre Revolutionist 1903 available at Project Gutenberg See also Jeffrey W Purcell James Otis Flame of Fire Revolutionary Opposing the Writs of Assistance and Loyal British Subject in Massachusetts Legal History 1999 Dickerson Oliver M Writs of Assistance as a Cause of the American Revolution In Richard B Morris ed The Era of the American Revolution 1939 40 75 Argues that the writs did not play a major role in the coming of the American Revolution Frese Joseph James Otis and the Writs of Assistance New England Quarterly 30 1957 496 508 Somewhat revises Dickerson s view by showing some public awareness of the 1761 cases but greater influence on events after 1766 The Boston merchant Mungo Mackay observed the altercation in 1769 and testified about it as reported in the New York Journal published as The New York Journal or the General Advertiser Dated 10 12 1769 Issue 1397 Page Supplement 1 New York New York Unfortunately much of the Otis literature is rife with inaccuracies because it s unsourced opinions from random editors over the years For information about the purpose of this optional section you may want to read WP FURTHERREADING