Francis Fox

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[Wikipedia] Francis Fox was a Canadian politician who was a member of the Senate, Cabinet minister, and Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, and thus was a senior aide to Prime Minister Paul Martin. He also worked as a lobbyist in the 1980s.

Quotes by Francis Fox

“contest between the Assembly and Justice William Moore of Chester County are found in Pa. Arch., 8th ser. (hereafter Votesj, 4:4677-747.”

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Justice

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“The Pennsylvania Linea Regimental Organization and Operations, 1776-1783 (Harrisburg, Pa., 1977),133.”

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Regimental

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“A more precise description of Levers's duties may be found under the general order of January 1, 1778, Barrack Master General's Office,…

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“Robert Levers, Esq., Revolutionary Patriot," Lehigh CountyHistoricalSocietyProceedings, vol.4 (1936),58-61.The original letter has not been found.”

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Letter

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“The best account of events in Pennsylvania leading up to the Declaration of Independence is found in David Freeman Hawke, In the…

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Freedom

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“Native Americans sold all of the land within the present boundaries of Pennsylvania-45,045 square miles, or a little less than 29 million…

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Indians

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“Journals of the House ofRepresent- atives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Beginning the twenty-eighth Day of November 1776, and Ending the second…

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American revolution

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“Pennsylvanians cast their votes at 41 polling places, compared with 11 before the Revolution. James T. Mitchell and Henry Flanders, comps., The…

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Pennsylvania

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“In seven counties it was necessary to issue search and seizure warrants or arrest warrants or both compelling colonial prothonotaries to turn…

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Politics

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“The rise of the resistance movement in Pennsylvania is examined in great detail by Richard Alan Ryerson, The Revolution Is Now Begun:…

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Revolution

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“Local Colonial Government in Pennsylvania," in Town and Country, ed.Bruce C. Daniels (Middletown, Conn., 1978),216-37.”

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Colonial

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“The Bible in Iron, 3rd ed. (Doylestown, Pa., 1961), plates 167-68, quoted in William A. Hunter, Forts on the Pennsylvania Frontier 1753-1758…

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Bible

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“In December 1776, some 600 Northampton militiamen marched to help defend Philadelphia from the British Army. But when these sometime soldiers experienced…

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British army

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“could not overcome their fear of bullets and arrows and the scalping knife. Protect us,they hollered to the president and the Supreme…

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Fear

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