A Note on Conspiracy

This is a continuation of a study of Bernard Bailyn's book The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Bailyn moves from the "Logic of Revolution" to the sense of conspiracy.

acts that might by themselves have been upon many considerations excused or extenuated derived a contagious malignancy and odium from other acts with which they were connected. – John Dickinson

Thank you for reading this essay.  It is part of an ongoing series titled Old Friends and this is the fourth contribution on Barnard Bailyn's The Ideological Orig…