Original evidence of Dr. Kippis' misrepresentation of American Congress, respecting Captain James Cook, 1795.

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Original evidence of Dr. Kippis' misrepresentation of American Congress, respecting Captain James Cook, 1795.

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Letter (and photocopy) from Jeremy Belknap of the Mass. Historical Society to Dr. Andrew Kippis, author of the Biographica Britannica, expressing his dispute with a statement made by Kippis in his life of Capt. James Cook. Kippis had written that the U.S. Congress had issued an order in 1779 to seize Capt. Cook for fear that an Englishman should not know of the opposite coast of America during the Revolution. In disputing this claim, Belknap enclosed letters from individuals serving in Congress in 1779 stating that no such order had ever been issued. The writers of the letters included John Adams, James Madison, Samuel Adams, and Charles Thomson. (Cont'd): Along with these letters (and photocopies), the collection contains a copy of the printed version of the letters which appeared in the Collections of the Mass. Historical Society, and a letter from Kippis admitting his mistake.

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Madison, James, 1751-1836

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Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824

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Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798

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