No man in America ever strove more, and more successfully first to bring about a Congress in 1765, … - Christopher Gadsden

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The Red Army. . . swept the native population clean in a manner that has no parallel since the days of the Asiatic hordes.

Christopher Gadsden

No man in America ever strove more, and more successfully first to bring about a Congress in 1765, and then to support it ever afterwards than myself.

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