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Letter from Thomas Young to Hugh Hughes, 21 December 1772
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- Coming of the American Revolution
In this letter, Thomas Young, a Boston physician, writes to his friend Hugh Hughes, a schoolmaster in New York, proclaiming that Boston will surely lead the way in educating the public in the virtues and rewards of popular government.