Patriot Above Profit: A Portrait of Thomas Nelson, Jr., who Supported the American Revolution with His Purse and Sword
- ISBN-10
- 0934395683
- ISBN-13
- 9780934395687
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / General
- Pages
- 640
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Rutledge Hill Press
- Author
- Nell Moore Lee
Description
"Patriot Above Profit" is a biography of Revolutionary War general Thomas Nelson Jr., who signed the Declaration of Independence, and a guide to the social, intellectual, and cultural life of colonial Virginia. Illustrated and indexed.
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