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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Página 165
... wish in my Heart that you were not only Secretary of Congress but Secretary also for Foreign Affairs . I should then have better sources of Intelligence . " 108 Arthur Lee had made an attempt to secure the new post of secretary for ...
... wish in my Heart that you were not only Secretary of Congress but Secretary also for Foreign Affairs . I should then have better sources of Intelligence . " 108 Arthur Lee had made an attempt to secure the new post of secretary for ...
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... wishes to die in an eminent office . " 116 To a British correspondent , puzzled over Thomson's resignation , Wash- ington replied with political license that " it was his earnest wish to retire from the bustle of public life , and enjoy ...
... wishes to die in an eminent office . " 116 To a British correspondent , puzzled over Thomson's resignation , Wash- ington replied with political license that " it was his earnest wish to retire from the bustle of public life , and enjoy ...
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... wish to keep slavery out of the new States . " 37 However , whatever the opposition might be , " I am so much a friend to that article [ prohibiting slavery ] that let the consequences be what they may I would not wish it altered . " 38 ...
... wish to keep slavery out of the new States . " 37 However , whatever the opposition might be , " I am so much a friend to that article [ prohibiting slavery ] that let the consequences be what they may I would not wish it altered . " 38 ...
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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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