The Tories or loyalists in America; being slight historical tracings, from the footprints of Sir John Johnson and his cotemporaries in the revolution . f^ ;<: /. ^«F FROM THE ORIfilNAl. IN THE COLLECTION Or T,a m in the Revolution. 25 continent. Their letters addressed to him on various affairs ofstate, with replies showing condensation of varied intelligence,conveyed in the graceful penmanship of a ready writer, are stillpreserved — some in the collection referred to—attesting a hfeof labor in the public service. In this however, he found opportunity to attend to manypersonal duties, incid
The Tories or loyalists in America; being slight historical tracings, from the footprints of Sir John Johnson and his cotemporaries in the revolution . f^ ;<: /. ^«F FROM THE ORIfilNAl. IN THE COLLECTION Or T,a m in the Revolution. 25 continent. Their letters addressed to him on various affairs ofstate, with replies showing condensation of varied intelligence,conveyed in the graceful penmanship of a ready writer, are stillpreserved — some in the collection referred to—attesting a hfeof labor in the public service. In this however, he found opportunity to attend to manypersonal duties, incident to his position and capacity. Isolated,and only restricted by the orders of the Government, whichfrom better local appreciation of necessities, he alone, as itsagent, had ventured to disregard; with an increasing neighbor-hood of many nationalities, English, Scotch, Irish, Germanand Hollander, as compatriots or tenantry, appealing to himfor counsel in every relation of life, from the cradle to thegrave, he advised and protected the living, and was burthenedwith trusts by the dead,^ cheerfully fulfilling his duties to thelowly as a bount
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