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Excerpt from Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress, Written, During the War Between the United Colonies and Great-Britain, Vol. 1 Respecti'n G the fouree from which the following letters have beef: drawn, and the grounds on which the reader is expected to reft his he' lief of their authenticity, it may be fufficient to inform him (and, 'for thetrxrth cf the afiertion; to appeal to his'excellency, Thomas Pinckney, {he'd meri can Minii'ter Plenipotentiary) that permifiion was obtained from the proper authority, to trai'ifcribe, from the original papers preferved in the Secretary of State's office in Philadelphia, theic and fundry other authentic documents relating to the contei'c between the colonies and the mother, country, viz. Letters from the Commanders of the continental forces, and other perfons ems. Ployed in the pubilc fervice, - intercepted Letters from Britifh Officers and o ther adherents to the royal caufe, - Communications from the Governors, Con ventions, and Committees of the leveral American States, - Dif arches from Agents and Commifiioners, - Inftrue'cions, - l-reports of Committees of Congrefs, j - parts of the Secret Journals hitherto unpublilhed, -and various other pie ces elucidative of the events which led to and finally efizabliflied American In dependence. 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.