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'The Westchester County Historical Society has released a digitized collection of 1,100 pages of eyewitness accounts from the American Revolution, titled “Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.” The compilation ... features 407 interviews conducted between 1844 and 1851 by John Macdonald.'
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Talk of the Sound · Westchester Unveils Rare Revolutionary War AccountsELMSFORD, NY (April 22, 2025) — The Westchester County Historical Society has released a digitized collection of 1,100 pages of eyewitness accounts from the American Revolution, titled “Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.” The compilation, now accessible on the Westchester County Archives Digital Collections website and New York Heritage site, … Continue reading Westchester Unveils Rare Revolutionary War Accounts
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Paine, Thomas (anonymously) / Norwich, Connecticut: Philadelphia: Printed. Norwich: Re-printed . and So 1776
Common Sense; addressed to the Inhabitants of America, On the following interesting subjects...
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Paine, Thomas (anonymously) / Norwich, Connecticut: Philadelphia: Printed. Norwich: Re-printed . and So 1776
Common Sense; addressed to the Inhabitants of America, On the following interesting subjects...
first Connecticut edition; octavo (19 cm. tall), 56 pp., signatures [A]4 B-G4; general toning with age staining throughout, a light damp stain near center of title leaf and the verso has ink signatures of two previous owners, one modern and the other in an old hand (Eliphalet House?), untrimmed and string tied in self wrappers; all 1776 printings of Common Sense are now very scarce and this first Norwich printing is less frequently seen than the second; Evans 14857. Volumes Included: 1 ISBN: NA Subject/Keywords: americana mw8x See more items from this collection = Item #: 667777 Request a photo for this item. $245,000.00 M save $122,500.00 (50%) on this item. Price with promotion code: $122,500.00
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