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January 3, 2013

Alexander Purdie, Nation Builder

Purdie… And newspaper printer. Alexander Purdie, a Scottish immigrant, came to America to make a living. He found himself at the center of the Revolutionary war, with choices to make about his beliefs as well as his business.

Learn his story.

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