March 14, 1777
Sewall, Jonathan, 1728-1796
Autograph letter signed
Title: to John Foxcroft
Written by Sewall as a Loyalist refugee in London to his Revolutionary friend Foxcroft in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A very witty letter throughout. Predicts the downfall of the American experiment. Writes in a mocking tone about "your high & mighty committees, as I suppose will be the case in your free & independent State." In order to protect Foxcroft from charges that he is corresponding with a Tory he writes that he has not received a line from him since 31 August 1774, except one innocuous one having to do with gowns shortly thereafter. In an ironic tone says he cannot see how it…
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