Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 to Catharine Macaulay
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01791.02 Author/Creator: Bowdoin, James, 1726-1790 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: March 25, 1777 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 34 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Bowdoin requests assistance in writing a history of the present disputes. Reports the American people "continue spirited & determined." Complains "the English now in America seem to have lost all that humanity for which they were justly famed."
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