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Aparece esta obra en cumplimiento del Decreto Ejecutivo No. 1,613, de fecha 8 de Junio de 1976, por el cual Venezuela se asocia al júbilo de los Estados Unidos con ocasión del Bicentenario de su Independencia. Sobre los documentos del glorioso Precursor Francisco de Miranda – quien viajo por la república norteña recién constituida en los años 1783 y 1784 - , ha realizado un trabajo altamente meritorio la acreditada mirandista Josefina Rodríguez de Alonso, Consejera de nuestra Embajada en Paris. La entusiasta acuciosidad y la competencia de la galardonada escritora y académica, nos permite disfrutar de este admirable e histórico compendio de observaciones que sobre la entonces naciente federación del Norte nos dejó el sagaz hijo de Caracas, adelantando en la causa de la unidad latinoamericana.
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Su interés por conocer en detalle el proceso de la revolución americana, se encuentra sintetizado en esta frase de John Adams, segundo presidente norteamericano: “Era opinión general en Estados Unidos que Miranda sabia más de cada campaña, sitio, batalla o escaramuza que había tenido lugar durante la guerra que cualquier oficial de nuestro ejército o miembro de nuestro Congreso”.
During his time in the United States, Miranda made a critical study of its military defenses, which demonstrated extensive knowledge of the development of American conflict and circumstances. While there, Miranda prepared and fixed a correspondence technique, used for the rest of his journey: he would meet people through the gift or loan of books, and examine the culture and customs of the places through which he passed in a methodical way[4]. Passing through Charleston, Philadelphia, and Boston, he dealt with different characters in American society. In New York City he met the prominent and politically connected Livingston family. Apparently Miranda had a romantic relationship with Susan Livingston, daughter of Chancellor Livingston. Although Miranda wrote to her for years, he never saw her again after leaving New York. During his time in the United States, Miranda met with many important people. He was personally acquainted with George Washington in Philadelphia. He also met General Henry Knox[4], Thomas Paine, Alexander Hamilton[4], Samuel Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. He also visited various institutions of the new nation that impressed him such as the Library of Newport and Princeton College, Rhode Island College and Cambridge College.
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