Friday, September 19, 2014

This Day in History: September 19

"When I last saw my friend, Col. Upham, at N.Y. I told him that I concluded the last Packet had bro’t us better Accounts from England, but he Jumped from his Chair in a great passion & swore by God that there was now no Alternative, but that the Independence of America would be unconditionally acknowledged, & that no Conditions would be insisted on for the Refugees.” [More]

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