American Aurora: A Democratic-Republican Returns: The Suppressed History of Our Nation's Beginnings and the Heroic Newspaper That Tried to Report It200 Years ago a Philadelphia newspaper claimed George Washington wasn't the "father of his country." It claimed John Adams really wanted to be king. Its editors were arrested by the federal government. One editor died awaiting trial. The story of this newspaper is the story of America. In this monumental story of two newspaper editors whom Presidents Washington and Adams sought to jail for sedition, American Aurora offers a new and heretical vision of this nation's beginnings, from the vantage point of those who fought in the American Revolution to create a democracy--and lost. |
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... cause them to urge the arrest and prosecution of these editors , incite mobs of their supporters to attack the Aurora's offices and to assault and nearly kill these editors , and justify the sacrifice of Bache's life and Duane's ...
... cause them to urge the arrest and prosecution of these editors , incite mobs of their supporters to attack the Aurora's offices and to assault and nearly kill these editors , and justify the sacrifice of Bache's life and Duane's ...
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... cause for persecution and proscription ; when men who professed to be republicans and applauded the virtue of Benjamin Franklin Bache dared not or feared to stand by him and their common country whose cause he espoused ; when the ...
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Contents
Reign of Witches | 3 |
Young LighteningRod | 28 |
Black Cockades | 93 |
American Terror | 147 |
The Pestilence | 207 |
FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY | 237 |
Fabius | 242 |
LighteningSnatcher | 312 |
Surgo ut Prosim | 524 |
Kingly Government | 607 |
Keystones of Democracy | 675 |
Upper Chamber | 731 |
RatCatcher | 796 |
Victory | 849 |
Authors Final Note | 906 |
Note on the Illustrations | 909 |
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Abigail Adams Alien American appointed April arms army Assembly AURORA AURORA ADVERTISER Bache's Benjamin Franklin Bache Benjamin Rush Benny Bache BFPL bill Boston Britain British Callender citizens cockade command committee Comte de Vergennes constitution Continental Congress Court declared democratic Editor election enemy executive federal Federalist Fenno foreign France French Friday friends George Washington George Washington writes Hamilton honor House of Representatives independence Jacobin James JAWO John Adams John Adams writes John Fenno July June King late legislature letter liberty March Massachusetts Minister monarchy Monday nation opinion Paine paper Paris party peace Pennsylvania persons Phil Philadelphia political Porcupine Porcupine's Gazette present President printer published received Republican Revolution Saturday Secretary ship T]he Thomas Jefferson Thursday Timothy Pickering tion Today Tonight treaty troops Tuesday United United Irishmen Vergennes Virginia vote Wednesday William Duane yesterday York
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