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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... reasonable to suppose that this John was Charles's father , and the other two Charles's uncles.6 Moreover , there is no doubt that the family was Presbyterian , since in 1737 Alexander represented the local congregation in a dispute ...
... reasonable to suppose that this John was Charles's father , and the other two Charles's uncles.6 Moreover , there is no doubt that the family was Presbyterian , since in 1737 Alexander represented the local congregation in a dispute ...
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... reasonable to oppose that , than to oppose this ? ... Let us not ... by Lukewarmness , Self - Interest , or Disaffection to the Public Weal , destroy the noble and necessary Zeal that is now spreading from Province to Province , and ...
... reasonable to oppose that , than to oppose this ? ... Let us not ... by Lukewarmness , Self - Interest , or Disaffection to the Public Weal , destroy the noble and necessary Zeal that is now spreading from Province to Province , and ...
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... reasonable construction of these words is that Ruth was mentally de- ranged ; any doubt is removed by the statement confided to her personal diary by Deborah Logan , who knew Thomson well in the later years of his life : she referred ...
... reasonable construction of these words is that Ruth was mentally de- ranged ; any doubt is removed by the statement confided to her personal diary by Deborah Logan , who knew Thomson well in the later years of his life : she referred ...
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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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