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unusual facts about Reverend William Jackson


Reverend William Jackson

He resumed his political activities by publishing The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America in 1783, with a dedication to the opposition leader, the Duke of Portland.


Archibald Hamilton Rowan

While imprisoned, Hamilton Rowan met The Reverend William Jackson, an Irish-born Anglican clergyman who was working as a spy for the French Committee of Public Safety.

The Public Ledger

Reverend William Jackson, a noted Irish preacher, journalist, playwright, radical and spy, was editor in 1766, while Irish political informant Leonard McNally held the position in the 1780s.


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