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Strictures Upon the Declaration of Independence of Congress at Philadelphia, October 15, 1776 – Declaration Project

Strictures Upon the Declaration of Independence of Congress at Philadelphia, October 15, 1776

Editor’s Note: Originally published anonymously in 1776, this 32-page missive against our July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Hutchinson, a prominent, despised Loyalist and erstwhile governor of the Massachusetts colony. In his Strictures Upon the Declaration of the Congress at Philadelphia, Hutchinson calls our Founders “impertinent” and insists that they “show in what case a … Continue reading Strictures Upon the Declaration of Independence of Congress at Philadelphia, October 15, 1776