Titles by Hildebrand Oaktree

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Hildebrand Oaktree is a pseudonym to convey a sense of working or yeoman class virtues, with sturdy martial discipline and bravery in the face of adversity.

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The author writes with sardonic humor to chide both sides of the American question: the ministry for its excessive anxiety over American resistance to its measures, but also Parliament for its inattention to the burdensomeness of its taxes and regulations.

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The Answer to a Colonel’s Letter. By a Wooden Legged Soldier in Gloucestershire. Wherein Some American Matters Are Slightly Touched Upon

Hildebrand Oaktree

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