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but a son-in-law of ex-Chief Justice Lewis Morris
succeeded in making himself heard, and declared
that cheers were as lawful there as in Westminster
Hall, where they had been loud enough over the
acquittal of the seven bishops in 1688. Upon this
the applause broke out again, and Hamilton was
acclaimed the people's champion. A dinner was
given in his honor and the freedom of the city
was bestowed upon him. When he entered his
barge for the return journey to Philadelphia, flags
waved, cannon boomed, and hurrahs resounded
from all quarters.