Lincoln, Charles H. The Revolutionary Movement in Pennsylvania, 1760-1776 (Publications of the University of Pennsylvania, Series in History No. 1). Philadelphia: Published for the University, 1901. First Edition. [11272]
Sometime bound in maroon cloth, ex library with bookplate & several stamps, scuff marks from removed pocket at back. Binding strong yet faded with gilt call numbers on spine, some fraying at the top of the spine, 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches. 300 clean pp. including index. Good. Hardcover.
"Pennsylvania was a miniature picture of the British Empire. The same differences of race, religion and economic interest which divided the empire into two nations, were prominent in the Quaker colony. This study is an effort to set forth the extent of those differences, to trace the development of a revolutionary party within the colony, and to picture the circumstances attendant upon the final conflict between the radical and conservative forces in 1776. In this way only can the attitude of Pennsylvania during the international struggle be understood. The leaders of the revolution in the Quaker colony were more eager to obtain independence within their own State than to throw off British connection. The national movement furnished the opportunity for which the dissatisfied people throughout the province had been waiting, and the result was a double change in government." - Preface.
