The Tories or loyalists in America; being slight historical tracings, from the footprints of Sir John Johnson and his cotemporaries in the revolution . nce of those whose recordshave left their names unpopular, the writer is satisfied thattheir vindication has been delayed too long to influence somewhose opinions are hereditary, and have never been modifiedby the softening eff^ects of research.^^ One who has given his attention to historical collections,and has completed series of the letters of the Signers, theGenerals, and the prominent actors of the Colonial and Revo-lutionary periods, has
The Tories or loyalists in America; being slight historical tracings, from the footprints of Sir John Johnson and his cotemporaries in the revolution . nce of those whose recordshave left their names unpopular, the writer is satisfied thattheir vindication has been delayed too long to influence somewhose opinions are hereditary, and have never been modifiedby the softening eff^ects of research.^^ One who has given his attention to historical collections,and has completed series of the letters of the Signers, theGenerals, and the prominent actors of the Colonial and Revo-lutionary periods, has naturally sought for information as totheir inner, as well as their printed lives, and incidentally as to ?^ It appears proper to say that these sentiments, —not influenced by any personalconsiderations, — are somewhat contrary to the writers earlier and more crudeconvictions, derived from^ antecedents, in that period, and from the early settlementof New York, identified with the popular cause, and often then and since by succes-sion, under the union of the States, aiding — sometimes effectively — in its civilservice, and in every
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