where was james otis from
Yet, even before the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord, James Otis had already disappeared from public view. James Otis, Jr., was born in 1725 in the Cape Cod village of West Barnstable. A prominent figure in Massachusetts politics, his father represented Barnstable in the General Court for many years. James Jr. graduated from Harvard College in 1743 and then studied law under one of Boston's most respected attorneys. The younger Otis began practicing in Plymouth but soon moved to Boston, where he quickly made a name for himself as one of the city's most brilliant lawyers.