Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1878 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1878 T be councils of tbe old Congress, its secret doings and deliberations, are but little known. T be witnes ses of mm conclave dropped long ago one by one into t/ze grave, and no one told t/ze tale of its anxious de liberations. [f t/ze illuminated record of tnose councils could be rescued from oblivion, it would illustrate tbc spirit of tbe Revolution better t/zan its battles or its tumults - t/ce spirit of patriotic determination - Me firm contemplation of impending danger - tbc resolu tion to do public duty at w/zatever sacrifice - t/ce neroism of lin counsel t/ze intellectual romance wnic/c distinguisbes t/ze American Revolution from all ot/cers tne world lias ever seen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.