The History of the American Revolution: In Two Volumes

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The HISTORY of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION Volume I The HISTORY of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN TWO VOLUMES by David Ramsay, M.D. EDITED BY LESTER H. COHEN Volume I m~ Liberty Fund INDIANAPOLIS This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motiffor our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom" (amagt), or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash. Foreword and editorial additions© I990 by Liberty Fund, Inc. All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Frontispiece portrait of Dr. David Ramsay (I 749-I8I5), oil on canvas, by Rembrandt Peale. Courtesy of the Gibbs l'viLISeum ofArt/Carolina Art Association, Charleston, South Carolina. Facsimile title pages for both volumes are courtesy of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. Cover art for Volume I is of Paul Revere's ride, by an anonymous artist. Cover art for Volume II is a woodcut illustrating the battle at Lexington, by john W. Barber. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ramsa)l David, I749-I8I5. The history of the American Revolution/by David Ramsay; edited by Lester H. Cohen. p. em. Originally published: Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Aitken, I789. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN o-86597-078-5 (set).- ISBN o-86597-08 I-s (pbk.: set). ISBN o-86597-079-3 (v. I).-ISBN o-86597-082-3 (pbk.: v. I). ISBN o-86597-080-7 (v. 2).-ISBN o-86597-083- I (pbk.: v. 2). 1. United States-History-Revolution, I775-I 783. 2. United States-Politics and government-I783-I789. 3· United StatesConstitution . I. Cohen, Lester H., I944- II. Title. Ezo8.R I87 I989 973·3-dC20 89- I4583 I4 I3 I2 I I IO 09 C 6 5 4 IS I4 I3 I2 I I IO 09 08 07 06 P 7 6 5 4 Liberty Fund, Inc. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-I684 ...