Minutes of a conspiracy against the liberties of America.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York] :
New York Times,
[1969]
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| Series: | Eyewitness accounts of the American Revolution.
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| Item Description: | Reprint of the 1865 edition. Originally published, London, Printed for J. Bew, 1776 (and reprinted by him in 1786) under title: Minutes of the trial and examination of certain persons, in the province of New York, charged with being engaged in a conspiracy against the authority of the Congress and the liberties of America. The reprint of 1786, includes title page, is here given, with introduction and notes added. An account of the so-called Hickey plot, formed during the American occupation of New York City in 1776. "The whole publication is a clumsy Tory forgery." P. L. Ford The true George Washington. Philadelphia, 1896, page 107. Preface of the reprint signed: W. (i.e. William Wightman?) |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, iv, 114 pages ; 24 cm. |