Charles Thomson: A Patriot's PursuitUniversity of Delaware Press, 1990 - 325 páginas A comprehensive interpretive biography of Charles Thomson (1729-1824). influential Philadelphia merchant during the 1760s and secretary to the Continental Congress for all of its fifteen years. Thomson's political enemies were numerous, and his political ideals were influenced by his own quest for personal recognition and financial security. |
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... board of trustees of the new academy and that by late 1750 the board was making academic appointments . Most likely Franklin in- vited Thomson to apply for one of the tutorships , and on 20 December 1750 it was recorded in the trustees ...
... board of trustees of the new academy and that by late 1750 the board was making academic appointments . Most likely Franklin in- vited Thomson to apply for one of the tutorships , and on 20 December 1750 it was recorded in the trustees ...
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... Board of Trade made its report on Franklin's petition on 1 June 1759 and was severely critical of the actions of " some Members of the Assembly of Pennsylvania " who raised " Jealousies and Suspicions " in the minds of the Delawares ...
... Board of Trade made its report on Franklin's petition on 1 June 1759 and was severely critical of the actions of " some Members of the Assembly of Pennsylvania " who raised " Jealousies and Suspicions " in the minds of the Delawares ...
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... Board of Directors of the Public Library of Phila- delphia , the first public library in America , which had been formed in 1731 as a direct outgrowth of the original Junto . In November 1763 Franklin , Alison , Samuel Rhoads , and ...
... Board of Directors of the Public Library of Phila- delphia , the first public library in America , which had been formed in 1731 as a direct outgrowth of the original Junto . In November 1763 Franklin , Alison , Samuel Rhoads , and ...
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List of Illustrations | 11 |
Since I Have Concerned in Trade | 47 |
Conscious of the Purity of My Intentions and Uprightness | 72 |
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appointed April APS Mss Arthur Lee assembly August Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Rush Boston British Burnett Charles Thomson Church Colls colonies Continental Congress copy Correspondence County CT to Drayton CT to Hannah CT to John CT to TJ Daybook Deborah Logan's December Delaware delegates delphia early elected February governor Gratz Hannah Thomson Harriton Historical Society History House ibid Indian affairs January Jefferson John Adams John Dickinson John Jay John Thomson Joseph Galloway Joseph Reed Journal July June land letter Liberty Logan Papers London Maghera March meeting merchants Mifflin Minutes nonimportation November October Papers of BF Penn Pennsylvania Archives Pennsylvania Gazette Phila Philadelphia Philadelphia committee PMHB Presbyterian Princeton printed Proprietors province Quakers Ramsay Revolution Robert Morris Samuel secretary September Smith Stamp Act Teedyuscung Thom Thomas Thomson and Dickinson Thomson wrote tion TJ to CT University Press Virginia Watson William Franklin York
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