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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... months into 1774 , as what might be called a fulltime political organizer . So committed was he to maintaining the momentum created by the reaction to the tea , that he had no time for other activities . Though he retained his pew at ...
... months into 1774 , as what might be called a fulltime political organizer . So committed was he to maintaining the momentum created by the reaction to the tea , that he had no time for other activities . Though he retained his pew at ...
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... month . " 24 Two months later , in June of 1778 , he took it upon himself to prepare a paper outlining the best form of response to the British peace initiatives conveyed to Congress from the three - man delegation headed by the Earl of ...
... month . " 24 Two months later , in June of 1778 , he took it upon himself to prepare a paper outlining the best form of response to the British peace initiatives conveyed to Congress from the three - man delegation headed by the Earl of ...
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... months later on 22 November , General Howe gave orders for his troops to destroy the country seats of some of the ... month later , the grounds of Harriton , Hannah's house located twelve miles from Philadelphia , which would become the ...
... months later on 22 November , General Howe gave orders for his troops to destroy the country seats of some of the ... month later , the grounds of Harriton , Hannah's house located twelve miles from Philadelphia , which would become the ...
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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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