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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... acres , 3 located mainly in the east of the county , midway between Coleraine to the north and Lough Neagh to the south . The division of this land was in balliboes - each of which was , very roughly , four hundred acres . The modern ...
... acres , 3 located mainly in the east of the county , midway between Coleraine to the north and Lough Neagh to the south . The division of this land was in balliboes - each of which was , very roughly , four hundred acres . The modern ...
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... acre of land in Ireland for a year as it did to purchase an acre of land in America.1 12 Between 1733 and 1750 , there may have been 30,000 to 40,000 Ulstermen who immigrated to America , and the vast majority 18 CHARLES THOMSON.
... acre of land in Ireland for a year as it did to purchase an acre of land in America.1 12 Between 1733 and 1750 , there may have been 30,000 to 40,000 Ulstermen who immigrated to America , and the vast majority 18 CHARLES THOMSON.
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... acres in Strabane township in York County . By 1770 he owned another one hundred twenty acres in Cumberland County.38 Yet he never became involved in the abortive Grand Ohio Company or other similar land schemes.39 Up until the Stamp ...
... acres in Strabane township in York County . By 1770 he owned another one hundred twenty acres in Cumberland County.38 Yet he never became involved in the abortive Grand Ohio Company or other similar land schemes.39 Up until the Stamp ...
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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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