Statistics for occurrence #1 of “South Carolina” in chapter 13 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition.:
...e caught up by the impatient colonies; were reprinted in nearly all their newspapers; were approved of by the most learned and judicious on this continent; and even formed part of the instructions of South Carolina to its agent in England.
Thus revolution proceeded.
Virginia marshalled resistance; Massachusetts entreated union; New-York pointed to independence.
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