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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... Franklin's tactics to secure repeal.12 Yet he must not appear to the British government to be too harsh ; thus , Franklin's letter to Thomson was toned down before being printed . Whereas he had written to Thom- son : " Depend upon it ...
... Franklin's tactics to secure repeal.12 Yet he must not appear to the British government to be too harsh ; thus , Franklin's letter to Thomson was toned down before being printed . Whereas he had written to Thom- son : " Depend upon it ...
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... Franklin on his seemingly endless list of enemies - would finally make obvious the rift between Franklin and Thomson that had been growing for several months . When he wrote to Thomson early in 1766 to tell him that there was little ...
... Franklin on his seemingly endless list of enemies - would finally make obvious the rift between Franklin and Thomson that had been growing for several months . When he wrote to Thomson early in 1766 to tell him that there was little ...
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... Franklin later thanks him for this information . BF to CT , 11 July 1765 , ibid . , 12 : 206 . 8. See , for example , BF to Cadwalader Evans , 13 July 1765 , Papers of BF , 12 : 210 . It also is likely that Franklin expected to be made ...
... Franklin later thanks him for this information . BF to CT , 11 July 1765 , ibid . , 12 : 206 . 8. See , for example , BF to Cadwalader Evans , 13 July 1765 , Papers of BF , 12 : 210 . It also is likely that Franklin expected to be made ...
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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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