Her publisher, Edward Dilly
, told John Adams
that her political sympathies impelled her, despite serious ill health, to contribute this to the American cause.
Hill, Bridget. The Republican Virago: The Life and Times of Catharine Macaulay, Historian. Clarendon Press.
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Reception
Hannah Glasse
This book came to dominate its field. It was widely believed in the book-trade to be the work of a man. The publisher Edward Dilly
in 1778 informed a gathering which included Samuel Johnson
and...
