Reflections on the Rise, Progress, and Probable Consequences, of the Present Contentions with the Colonies
- Anonymous Pamphleteer 1776 (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
Published anonymously, this pamphlet is attributed to the Scottish theologian John Erskine. The author summarized his pamphlet thus: “He wishes to convince his fellow Freeholders…that, if the success of the British arms, shall put it in our power, to prescribe to our colonies conditions of peace; it will be our duty, our honour, and our interest…to regain the lost affection of our old friends, and to extinguish in them every desire of becoming independent on Great Britain.”
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