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Taylor & Francis Ebenezer Hazard Jeremy Belknap and the American Revolution 2011 Edition by Russell M Lawson
Ebenezer Hazard - a classicist and natural scientist - became postmaster general in 1782. A prolific letter-writer, his favourite correspondent was Jeremy Belknap, a clergyman and historian. Their letters to each other provide an informative and insightful history of the time through everyday events. Table of contents :- Prologue: Epistlers of the Revolution 1 Commencement of a Civil War 2 Melted Majesty 3 Barren as a Pitch-Pine Plain 4 Life of a Cabbage 5 Hurried through Life on Horseback 6 Touch and Go is a Good Pilot 7 War and GREET Brittain 8 Keeping the Belly and Back from Grumbling, and the Kitchen-Fire from Going Out 9 The Mysteries of Lucina 10 Patience and Flannel Epilogue: Let Passion be Restrain'd within thy Soul