but when he met james warren and had sunday dinner with mercy and james, he wrote to his wife, abigail smith, and said here i find friends. however, receive is in a very strange position. she has been writing nature poetry, doing what a colonial wellborn would do. a lovely home in plymouth, homes. between summer and winter, mercy finds herself in an odd position. she knows exactly what is going on. she knows what is happening in the assembly. letters come flooding in to her brother from the radical english statesman in london, wanting to correspond with him, among whom is kathryn mcauley, radical british historian. mercy writes a rather awkward letter saying my brother can no longer write to you, but -- she is very much in of this woman who had written an important, radical history of the british came from james on. she doesn't expect to get a letter from katharine but i want you to know he can't write any more. i want you to know, we appreciate your support to the american cause. when i started this book, i was going to call it dare i say more? because mercy, being a colonial woman, knew sh