Poetry

“If the Devil were himself their scribe”

Jan 30 •

“The time has come to show our strengthened hand”

The Earl of Hillsborough (Secretary of State for the Colonies) to Governor Bernard, Whitehall (London), July 30th, 1768

Jan 23 •

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania

John Dickinson, 1767-68

Jan 9 •

"The motive for repeal was prudence not principle"

Silas Downer, Providence, July 21, 1766

Nov 21, 2024 •

Repeal of the Stamp Act; The Declaratory Act.

Parliament; March 18, 1766

Nov 14, 2024 •

Nov 7, 2024 •

Poetica Philosophica

Table of Contents

Nov 6, 2024 •

“I’m charged with giving birth to sedition in America”

William Pitt, The House of Commons, January 14, 1766.

Oct 31, 2024 •

Declarations and Petitions of The Continental Congress

New York City, October 1765

Oct 24, 2024 •

The Martin Howard Saga

Oct 17, 2024 •

You might need time to think about all this

The Girls Who Went Away, 4

Oct 10, 2024 •

"I am but governor in name"

Francis Bernard, Castle William, Boston Harbor

Oct 3, 2024 •

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