Seabury, Samuel, (1729-1796) Free Thoughts, on the proceedings of the Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia Sept. 5, 1774
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09666 Author/Creator: Seabury, Samuel, (1729-1796) Place Written: New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1774 Pagination: 24 p. ; 19.5 x 12.3 cm. Order a Copy
One pamphlet written by Samuel Seabury and published in 1774. The full title of the pamphlet is "Free Thoughts, on the proceedings of the Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia Sept. 5, 1774: Wherin Their Errors are exhibited, Their Reasonings Confuted, And The fatal Tendency of their Non-Importation, Non-Exportation, and Non-Consumtion Measures, are open to the plainest understandings; And The Only Means pointed out for Preserving and Securing Our present Happy Constitution: in a Letter to The Farmers, and other Inhabitants of North America In General and to those of the Province of New-York In Particular." Written in defense of the British Crown, this is the first of four such literary efforts in which Seabury heatedly denounces the Continental Congress. In his pamphlet, Seabury attempts to sway farmers, predicts economic ruin from blockaded ports, depressed flaxseed and land prices.
This pamphlet launched what is know as the pamphlet war between Seabury and Alexander Hamilton.
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