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Letter from Stiles, Ezra (1727-1795)to Catharine Macaulay
Gilder Lehrman Collection ^
| April 15,1775
| Ezra Stiles
Posted on 05/31/2015 11:17:44 PM PDT by bunkerhill7
"There are 120 Thousand stands of Arms in good Repair in the hands of the comon People of New England only; and Amunition may amt. for more Battles than one, nor are they at a loss for whole [illegible] of further Supplies of Powder & Arms."
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; brownuniversity; catharinemacaulay; ezrastiles; godsgravesglyphs; secondamendment; therevolution; yale
The Common People Bear Arms. PERIOD.
To: bunkerhill7
Ezra Stiles, minister, Bible scholar, president of Yale, founder of Brown Univ.
How things have changed!
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06/01/2015 12:04:12 AM PDT
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UnwashedPeasant
(A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.)
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06/01/2015 1:27:52 AM PDT
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sauropod
(I am His and He is mine.)
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The Common People bear arms (Rev. War period letter from a minister — President of Yale U.
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“Pins, John!”
“Salt Peter, Abigail!”
:) (John & Abigail Adams, 1776-ish)
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06/01/2015 11:08:54 AM PDT
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Diana in Wisconsin
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Note: this topic is from 5/31/2015. Thanks bunkerhill7.
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SunkenCiv
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Salt peter?
Didn’t they put that in our chow in basic training?
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Alas Babylon!
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Duchess47
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