A general history of Connecticut - Ramapough Lenape Nation

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myfe1f, may not ,be wholly undeferving
the attention of Government, at, I ttuft,
an approaching fignal rera in Britilh and
American hifiory. This, I am fure 04
that no chimrera of vanity, but a thorough
, conviCton in my oWn breall: of the foundation
they have in truth, is the fole mo- .
tive of my thus committing my thoughts
upon the fubjeCt to the prefs.
Many. writers h;1ve endeavoured to
point out the motive which prompted
the Americans to the willi of being independent
of Great-Britain, who had,
for a century and a half, nurfed and protected
them. with parental tendernefs; but
they have, only touched upon the reaCons
oftenfibly held up by the Americans,
but which are merely a veil. to the true
caufes. There, therefore, I !hall endeavour
to fet before the reader, unheeding
the imputation of arrogance and pre­
{umption I may expofe myfelf to, and
rdying upon the knowledge I have of
. the