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Elihu was a participant and a bystander because even though he took part in some events, he mostly wrote about his thoughts pertaining to what’s going on.

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Burdens he might carry with him were his father's Death as well as his brother being mugged.

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Elihu seemed to care a lot about his Brother because he was mentioned a few times in his journal.

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His role was more indirect than direct because he participated in a few events however he really wasn’t a big factor in decisions or uprisings during the time.

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nd19K2znmU1g2Zr7Rs8L_Ch5nR7AE9x9v9_2ZWadCHw/edit#slide=id.g40f4eb8c30_1_0

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In some ways it seems he doesn’t clearly think through some things he does. For the most part he was relatively normal.

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Some events he participated in were cutting down the liberty pole

and being Jailed for loyalist suspicion.

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A more known quote from Ashley was “Oh Tempore, all Nature seems to be in Confusion, every Person in fear of what this Neighbour will do to him such Times never were seen in New England. "(5)

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Some information I read described his thoughts about the rebellion. Basically it states People didn’t even trust their neighbors with all the confusion about the whigs vs loyalist.