Letters of Centinel
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Letters of Centinel is a series of letters written by Samuel Bryan
. Important in the antifederalist movement and American political thought.
It is generally accepted by historians that the majority of these articles were written by Samuel Bryan. However, some may have been written by Eleazer Oswald of the Independent Gazetteer.
Samuel Bryan
Samuel Bryan was a Pennsylvanian Anti-Federalist author, who wrote during the American Revolution. Historians generally ascribe to him the Letters of Centinel written under the pseudonym Centinel between 1787 and 1789. Centinel attacked the proposed Constitution of the United States as a document...
. Important in the antifederalist movement and American political thought.
Centinel
"Centinel" was an alias used to write a series of 18 articles that were printed in the Philadelphia Independent Gazetteer and the Philadelphia Freeman's Journal between October 5, 1787, and April 9, 1788.It is generally accepted by historians that the majority of these articles were written by Samuel Bryan. However, some may have been written by Eleazer Oswald of the Independent Gazetteer.