The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789

ROBERT MIDDLEKAUFF

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Middlekauff, Robert. The glorious cause. (
The Oxford history of the United States
; v. 2) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. 2. United States -- Confederation, 1783-1789. I. Title. II. Series:
Oxford history of the United States
; v. 2. E173.094 vol. 2 [E208] 973s 1973.31 81-9660 ISBN 0-19-50292-6 AACR2 ISBN 0-19-503575-5 (pbk.)

printing, last digit: 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 Printed in the United States of America

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