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A writer during the American Revolutionary War period, known for her opposition to colonial rule and advocacy for women's rights. Her work, 'The History of the American Revolution', is an important historical document that records the history of the American Revolutionary War.

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“The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.”

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Book:History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations

Source: History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations

“It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy”

Men May States Mistake Cruelty Courtesy

Book:History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations. In Three Volumes

Source: History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations. In Three Volumes

“A declaration of the independence of America, and the sovereignty of the United STates was drawn by the ingenious and philosophic pen of Thomas Jefferson, Esquire, a delegate from the state of Virginia”

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