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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... persons unknown : burned alive in the very house in Wyoming that Pennsylvania , at Thomson's urging , had built for him.68 Though the manuscript of Thomson's Enquiry had reached London early in 1758 , it would be over a year before it ...
... persons unknown : burned alive in the very house in Wyoming that Pennsylvania , at Thomson's urging , had built for him.68 Though the manuscript of Thomson's Enquiry had reached London early in 1758 , it would be over a year before it ...
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... Persons , who have it in their Power , to make similar Presents , or to communi- cate whatever is curious or useful to the Society . By Order of the Society , Charles Thomson , Corresponding Secretary14 All this activity culminated in a ...
... Persons , who have it in their Power , to make similar Presents , or to communi- cate whatever is curious or useful to the Society . By Order of the Society , Charles Thomson , Corresponding Secretary14 All this activity culminated in a ...
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... person : " What think you Captain , of a Halter around your Neck - ten Gallons of liquid Tar decanted on your Pate ... persons employed in this service were animated in the cause , their zeal was a spur to their industry and the news ...
... person : " What think you Captain , of a Halter around your Neck - ten Gallons of liquid Tar decanted on your Pate ... persons employed in this service were animated in the cause , their zeal was a spur to their industry and the news ...
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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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