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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... appears like a skeleton in old tapestry . He now walks abroad and seems to mend apace . ' " 8 In the type of business Thomson conducted , he appears to have been typical of the rising number of Philadelphia merchants in the early 1760s ...
... appears like a skeleton in old tapestry . He now walks abroad and seems to mend apace . ' " 8 In the type of business Thomson conducted , he appears to have been typical of the rising number of Philadelphia merchants in the early 1760s ...
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... appear united , ” and Phila- delphia's merchants would be " very uneasy . . . if you do not come into the like . " The letter concluded by warning Maryland that the corre- spondence was to be kept secret.34 In a further letter , the ...
... appear united , ” and Phila- delphia's merchants would be " very uneasy . . . if you do not come into the like . " The letter concluded by warning Maryland that the corre- spondence was to be kept secret.34 In a further letter , the ...
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... appear to have been thus christened.47 Unlikely as it probably is that Thomson was the mastermind at the center of ... appears that at least as early as 1779 , there was consideration given to a plan of Benedict Arnold to plant a British ...
... appear to have been thus christened.47 Unlikely as it probably is that Thomson was the mastermind at the center of ... appears that at least as early as 1779 , there was consideration given to a plan of Benedict Arnold to plant a British ...
Índice
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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