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xiv, iv, 111 pages ; 24 cm. |
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Eyewitness accounts of the American Revolution
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Eyewitness accounts of the American Revolution.
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| Note |
Reprint of the 1865 ed. |
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Originally published, London, Printed for J. Bew, 1776 (and reprinted by him in 1786) under title: Minutes of the trial and examination of certain persons, in the province of New York, charged with being engaged in a conspiracy against the authority of the Congress and the liberties of America. The reprint of 1786, incl. t.p., is here given, with introd. and notes added. |
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An account of the so-called Hickey plot, formed during the American occupation of New York City in 1776. "The whole publication is a clumsy Tory forgery." P. L. Ford The true George Washington. Philadelphia, 1896, p. 107. |
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Preface of the reprint signed: W. (i.e. William Wightman?) |
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Hickey Plot, 1776.
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Hickey Plot (1776) |
| Added Author |
Wightman, William.
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| Added Title |
Minutes of the trial and examination of certain persons, in the province of New York.
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