| Description |
2 volumes ; 23 cm |
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| Note |
Reprint of the 2d ed. published in 1864 by Little, Brown, Boston. |
| Contents |
ch. I. Taxation did but accelerate the dismemberment of the British Empire -- ch. II. State of political parties in the New England Colonies -- ch. III. State of political parties in the Middle Colonies -- ch. IV. State of political parties in the Southern Colonies -- ch. V. Newspapers in the Thirteen Colonies -- ch. VI. Political divisions in colonial society -- ch. VII. The reasons given for adherence to the Crown -- ch. VIII. Loyalists who entered the military service of the Crown -- ch. IX. Whig mobs before the Appeal to Arms, and tarring and feathering -- ch. X. The course of the "Violent Whigs" towards the Loyalists, at the Peace, discussed and condemned -- ch. XI. Discussions at Paris between the Commissioners for concluding Terms of Peace, on the Question of Compensation to the Loyalists for their loses during the War, by Confiscation and otherwise -- ch. XII. The Loyalists apply to Parliament for Relief -- ch. XIII. The Banished Loyalists and their Descendants -- ch. XIV. Introductory remarks. |
| Subject |
American loyalists -- Biography.
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American loyalists. (OCoLC)fst00807279
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Cover Title |
Loyalists of the American Revolution |
| ISBN |
0806308648 |
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9780806308647 |
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