Joseph Galloway
Joseph Galloway (1731August 29, 1803) was an American attorney and a leading political figure in the events immediately preceding the founding of the United States in the late 18th-century. As a staunch opponent of American independence, he would become one of the most prominent Loyalists in North America during the early part of the Revolutionary War.The son of a wealthy landowner, Galloway became close friends with Benjamin Franklin through his law studies in the late 1740s. His association with Franklin and his father-in-law's relationship with the Penn family drew him into the political drama then unfolding in the American colonies. Galloway was elected to the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly in 1756 when he was just 25. He would go on to serve for 18 years, eight of them as assembly speaker.
In 1774, Galloway led the Pennsylvania delegation in the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where as a conservative he proposed a plan for forming a union between the colonies and Great Britain. After the Congress failed to adopt his Plan of Union, he signed the Continental Association, an agreement uniting the colonies in a boycott of British goods. Unhappy with the radical directions being taken, Galloway quit the Assembly and refused election to the Second Continental Congress in May 1775. Remaining loyal to the king, he opposed the adoption of the Declaration of Independence the next year.
Three months after the Declaration's signing, Galloway fled to New York to join the British. As a top advisor to William Howe, the commander-in-chief of British forces in North America, he provided crucial intelligence, assisted in planning attacks on Continental Army troops, and personally recruited upwards of 80 spies. With the capture of Philadelphia in September 1777, Howe appointed Galloway to govern the city as Superintendent of both Police and Port.
When the British abandoned Philadelphia in June 1778, Galloway escaped to England and was convicted of high treason in absentia by the Pennsylvania Assembly; his estates were confiscated. Through the end of the war, Galloway was a leader of the loyalist cause in exile, a group of between 80,000 and 100,000 displaced colonists. He would never return to the Americas, nor again see his wife whom he had left behind in hopes of recovering his properties. Provided by Wikipedia
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Cool thoughts on the consequences to Great Britain of American independence. : On the expence of Great Britain in the settlement and defence of the American colonies. On the value... by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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Letters to a nobleman, on the conduct of the war in the middle colonies / by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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Fabricius : or, Letters to the people of Great Britain; on the absurdity and mischiefs of defensive operations only in the American war; and on the causes of the failure in the sou... by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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Observations on the fifth article of the treaty with America : and on the necessity of appointing a judicial enquiry into the merits and losses of the American loyalists. Printed b... by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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Political reflections on the late colonial governments : in which their original constitutional defects are pointed out, and shown to have naturally produced the rebellion, which w... by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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Plain truth : or, A letter to the author of Dispassionate thoughts on the American war ; In which the principles and arguments of that author are refuted, and the necessity of carr... by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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A letter from Cicero to the Right Hon. Lord Viscount H--e : occasioned by his late speech in the H--e of C--ns / by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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A letter to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount H--e : on his naval conduct in the American war / by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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Historical and political reflections on the rise and progress of the American Rebellion : In which the causes of that rebellion are pointed out, and the policy and necessity of off... by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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The claim of the American loyalists reviewed and maintained upon incontrovertible principles of law and justice / by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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A reply to the observations of Lieut. Gen. Sir William Howe, on a pamphlet, entitled Letters to a nobleman: in which his misrepresentations are detected, and those letters are supp... by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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A candid examination of the mutual claims of Great Britain, and the colonies: with a plan of accommodation, on constitutional principles. by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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A letter to the people of America lately printed at New York; now re-published by an American. by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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Galloway's American tracts. by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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Cool thoughts on the consequences to Great Britain of American independence ; On the expence of Great Britain in the settlement and defence of the American colonies ; On the value... by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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Advertisement. Philadelphia, December 20, 1765. To the publick. : Whereas a report has been propagated, that at a meeting of the gentlemen of the bar of this city, I gave oppositio... by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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A candid examination of the mutual claims of Great-Britain, and the colonies : with a plan of accommodation, on constitutional principles. by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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A receipt to make a speech. / by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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A reply to an address To the author of a pamphlet, entitled, "A candid examination of the mutual claims of Great Britain and her colonies," &c. / by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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Die Rede, Herrn Joseph Galloways, eines der Mitglieder des Hauses für Philadelphia Caunty : zur Beantwortung der Rede welche Hr. John Dickinson gehalten in dem Hause der Assembly d... by Galloway, Joseph, 1731-1803
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