Historian of the American
Revolution
Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814)
History of the Rise, Progress
and
Termination of the American Revolution.
3 vols. Boston, 1805
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Thomas Jefferson Library
Rare Book and Special
Collections Division
Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814)
Manuscript for History of the
Rise,
Progress and Termination of the
American Revolution.
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Gift of Charles Warren, 1942
Manuscript Division (7A)
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Noted poet and dramatist Mercy Otis Warren of Plymouth, Massachusetts,
drew on her exceptional literary talents, strong democratic convictions,
and intimate friendships with key patriot leaders to produce a
penetrating commentary on the Revolutionary era. In ordering subscriptions
of Warren's History for himself and his cabinet, President Jefferson
noted his anticipation of her truthful and insightful account
of the last thirty years that "will furnish a more instructive
lesson to mankind than any equal period known in history." Singeing
of the title page shows how close this volume came to the flames
of the 1851 Christmas Eve fire that destroyed nearly two thirds
of the books Jefferson had sold to Congress in 1815.
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