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Sowler & Russell 1799, 'An
Impartial History of the War, from the Commencement of the Revolution in France. Containing an accurate description of the sea engagements ... battles ... Including an account of the general mutiny ... at Spithead and the Nore. Together with a ... narrative of ... the
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in either 1768 or 1770 to a wealthy Scotch-Irish
American landowning family who had emigrated to America in the early 1700s. With ties across the Atlantic, his family owned lands in Ireland as well as America. When he was about 22 years old, he inherited land in
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debated the impending insurrection and the potential for French assistance. However, one of the attendees, Thomas
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Cummins's trial was held in Dublin. Thomas
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