Letters of Centinel is a series of letters written by

Samuel Bryan Samuel Bryan (September 30, 1759 in Philadelphia October 6, 1821 in Chester County, Pennsylvania) was a resident of Pennsylvania and Anti-Federalist author, who wrote during the Confederation Period. Historians generally ascribe to him the lette ...

important in the

Anti-Federalist Anti-Federalism was a late-18th century political movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution. The previous constitution, called the Articles of Con ...

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

. However, some may have been written by his father George Bryan and by

Eleazer Oswald Eleazer Oswald (baptized bp 2 February 1750/51 – 30 September 1795) was born at Falmouth, Cornwall, in England, but moved to British America as a young man. He became apprenticed to a printer, John Holt of Williamsburg, Virginia, and marri ...

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