Manuscript essay on the Identity of Junius meant for publication in the Providence Gazette
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Providence: ca. 1805-10 . Folio, 18 pages in ink approx. 13 x 8 , docketed Adelphiad for the Providence Gazette on the verso of the last leaf; browned, edge curling, but legible. A lengthy essay by William Sheldon of North Providence who was a contributing writer to the Providence Gazette. In this essay he posits that Junius was a pseudonym for William Gerrard Hamilton. A note in contemporary script on the verso notes that the manuscript never appeared in the newspaper. William Gerard
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