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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 426

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Languages : en
Pages : 536

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Author: Philip S. Klein
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 027103839X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 651

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Author: D. A. B. Ronald
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1612005225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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This biography of Britain’s spy chief during the Revolutionary War sheds new light on his conspiracy with Benedict Arnold—and his mysterious capture. John André was head of the British Army’s Secret Service in North America as the Revolutionary War entered its most decisive phase. In 1780, he masterminded the defection of the high-ranking American general Benedict Arnold. As the commander of West Point, Arnold agreed to turn the strategically vital fort over to the British. André and Arnold also conspired to kidnap George Washington. The secret negotiations between Arnold and André were protracted and fraught with danger. Arnold’s wife Peggy acted as go-between until September 21st, 1780, when the two men met face to face in no-man’s-land. But then André was captured forty-eight hours later, having broken every condition set by his commanding officer: he was within American lines, wearing civilian clothes, and carrying maps of West Point in his boots. When he announced himself as a spy, the Americans had no recourse. Tried by a military tribunal, he was convicted and hanged. André’s motives for his apparent sacrifice have baffled historians for generations. This biography provides a provocative answer to this mystery—explaining not only why he acted as he did, but how he wished others to see his actions.

Author: Chris Coelho
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476605645
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231

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On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to a crowd gathered outside the Pennsylvania State House. It was engrossed on vellum later in the month, and delegates began signing the finely penned document in early August. The man who read the Declaration and later embossed it--the man with perhaps the most famous penmanship in American history--was Timothy Matlack, a Philadelphia beer bottler who strongly believed in the American cause. A disowned Quaker and the grandson of an indentured servant, he rose from obscurity to become a delegate to Congress. He led a militia battalion at Princeton during the Revolutionary War; his unflagging dedication earned him the admiration of men like Thomas Jefferson and Richard Henry Lee. Also in 1776 Matlack and his radical allies drafted the Pennsylvania Constitution, which has been described as the most democratic in America. This biography is a full account of an American patriot.

Author: State Library of Massachusetts
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1242

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Author: Hugh Chisholm
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 2060

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Author: Massachusetts State Library
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Author: State Library of Massachusetts
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Author: Massachusetts
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Languages : en
Pages : 2336

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