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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... early Amer- ica . However , the reason that so few historians have attempted to por- tray Thomson is not his insignificance but his inaccessibility . Here is a maddening man who attempted to cover his tracks . Born in Ulster , once ...
... early Amer- ica . However , the reason that so few historians have attempted to por- tray Thomson is not his insignificance but his inaccessibility . Here is a maddening man who attempted to cover his tracks . Born in Ulster , once ...
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... early years of the decade , other than the responsibilities in his church ( of which rather little is known ) and his home life ( of which nothing is known ) , the only other interest outside Thomson's business appears to have been his ...
... early years of the decade , other than the responsibilities in his church ( of which rather little is known ) and his home life ( of which nothing is known ) , the only other interest outside Thomson's business appears to have been his ...
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... Early Proceedings of the American Philo- sophical Society . . . from 1744 to 1838 ( Philadelphia : McCalla & Stavely , 1884 ) , 588 . 14. Pennsylvania Gazette , 31 March 1768 . 15. " You will remember the Society to which I belonged wh ...
... Early Proceedings of the American Philo- sophical Society . . . from 1744 to 1838 ( Philadelphia : McCalla & Stavely , 1884 ) , 588 . 14. Pennsylvania Gazette , 31 March 1768 . 15. " You will remember the Society to which I belonged wh ...
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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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