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Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814 to Catharine Macaulay

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01800.02 Author/Creator: Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814 Place Written: Plymouth, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 August 1775 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 24 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Refers to the present dangerous affairs due to British barbarity. Alludes to "the Bravery of the peasants of Lexington." Describes the investment of a colonial army led by Washington and the beginnings of a representative government in Massachusetts.

Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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