Mercy wrote early drafts of this work near the time of the events described, and completed the work about four years before its appeared in 1805.
She explains the delay as due to health problems, temporary bouts of blindness, and grief at the death of her only son.
James Otis (early advocate of the rights of the colonies) was her brother, James Warren (speaker of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives) was her husband, Abigail and John Adams were close friends and correspondents.
The CD also includes five plays that Mercy wrote during and about the Revolution:
*The Adulateur, a five-act play, published in 1773
*The Defeat, excerpts from a play, published 1773
*The Group, a three-act play, published in 1775
*The Blockheads, a three-act play, published in 1776, shortly after the British withdrew from Boston
*The Motley Assembly, a farce, published in 1779.
In addition, it includes related historical documents and the full text of 20 other books about the American Revolution and the Early Republic:
*Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone by John Filson (short)
*Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
*The Life of Francis Marion by W. Gilmore Simms
*The Life of General Francis Marion by Mason Locke Weems
*Thomas Paine -- The Age of Reason, The American Crisis, Common Sense, The Rights of Man
*Samuel Adams, Writings, volumes 2 and 3 (of 4)
*The American Republic by O.A. Brownson
*Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, 2 volumes
*The Federalist Papers
*Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson
*Jefferson and His Colleagues, a Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty by Allen Johnson
*Thomas Jefferson by Edward S. Ellis
*John Marshall And The Constitution, A Chronicle Of The Supreme Court by Edward S. Corwin
*Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 by Frederick Jackson Turner
*The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman
