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Letters and Correspondence, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783) May 13, 2019 May 12, 2019

Catharine Macaulay, England’s First Female Whig Historian: the War Begins, 1775

by Bob Ruppert

By the end of 1774, Catharine Macaulay had met Benjamin Rush, Arthur Lee, Richard Marchant, and Benjamin Franklin, and had corresponded with John Dickinson, James…

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Jill, where about is the Cemetery, and thanks for taking care of it. Do you have additional local history info?
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