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'''Cato's Letters''' (1720-23) were English political essays that shaped [[Republicanism]], demanding civic virtue and denouncing [[corruption]]. It had an enormous influence on the American [[Founding Fathers]]

'''Cato's Letters''' (1720–23) were English political essays that shaped [[Republicanism]], demanding civic virtue and denouncing [[corruption]]. It had an enormous influence on the American [[Founding Fathers]]

The example of Roman hero [[Cato the Younger]] inspired English political journalists [[John Trenchard]] and [[Thomas Gordon]] to publish anonymously a series of letters in the ''London Journal''  under the title "Cato's Letters". These 138 short essays appeared in 1720-23; with six new ones they appeared in book form in 1723.  

The example of Roman hero [[Cato the Younger]] inspired English political journalists [[John Trenchard]] and [[Thomas Gordon]] to publish anonymously a series of letters in the ''London Journal''  under the title "Cato's Letters". These 138 short essays appeared in 1720-23; with six new ones they appeared in book form in 1723.  

Mitchell (2004) argues that ''Cato's Letters'' fall squarely within a liberal republican tradition, embracing [[John Locke]], [[Bernard Mandeville]], and (later) [[David Hume]], and [[Adam Smith]] and suggests that it was in this vein that they were read by the Founding Fathers.

Mitchell (2004) argues that ''Cato's Letters'' fall squarely within a liberal republican tradition, embracing [[John Locke]], [[Bernard Mandeville]], and (later) [[David Hume]], and [[Adam Smith]] and suggests that it was in this vein that they were read by the Founding Fathers.

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Hamowy, Ronald. "Cato's Letters" in Hamowy, ed. ''Encyclopedia of Libertarianism'' (2008) p. 54-55 [http://books.google.com/books?id=yxNgXs3TkJYC&pg=PA54&dq=republicanism+%22cato+the+younger%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2005&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2009&num=30&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=republicanism%20%22cato%20the%20younger%22&f=false online]

* Hamowy, Ronald. "Cato's Letters" in Hamowy, ed. ''Encyclopedia of Libertarianism'' (2008) p. 54-55 [http://books.google.com/books?id=yxNgXs3TkJYC&pg=PA54&dq=republicanism+%22cato+the+younger%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=2005&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=2009&num=30&as_brr=0#v=onepage&q=republicanism%20%22cato%20the%20younger%22&f=false online]

* Mitchell, Annie. "A Liberal Republican 'Cato'". ''American Journal of Political Science'', July 2004, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p588-603, in [[EBSCO]]

* Mitchell, Annie. "A Liberal Republican 'Cato'". ''American Journal of Political Science'', July 2004, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p588-603, in [[EBSCO]]

* Robbins, Caroline. ''The Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthman: Studies in the Transmission, Development, and Circumstance of English Liberal Thought from the Restoration of Charles II until the War with the Thirteen Colonies'' (1961) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-eighteenth-century-commonwealthman-studies-in-the-transmission-development-and-circumstance-of-english-liberal-thought-from-the-restoration-of-charles-ii-until-the-war-with-the-thirteen-colonies-by-caroline-robbins.jsp online edition] pp 115-24

* Robbins, Caroline. ''The Eighteenth-Century Commonwealthman: Studies in the Transmission, Development, and Circumstance of English Liberal Thought from the Restoration of Charles II until the War with the Thirteen Colonies'' (1961) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-eighteenth-century-commonwealthman-studies-in-the-transmission-development-and-circumstance-of-english-liberal-thought-from-the-restoration-of-charles-ii-until-the-war-with-the-thirteen-colonies-by-caroline-robbins.jsp online edition] pp 115–24

===Primary sources===

===Primary sources===

* Trenchard, John, and Thomas Gordon. ''Cato's Letters: Or, Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects,'' (1723) [http://classicliberal.tripod.com/cato/ online edition; Latin not translated]

* Trenchard, John, and Thomas Gordon. ''Cato's Letters: Or, Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects,'' (1723) [http://classicliberal.tripod.com/cato/ online edition; Latin not translated]

* Trenchard, John, and Thomas Gordon. ''Cato's Letters: Or, Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects,'' (1724) [http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=1237&layout=html online edition]

* Trenchard, John, and Thomas Gordon. ''Cato's Letters: Or, Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects,'' (1724) [http://oll.libertyfund.org/index.php?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=1237&layout=html online edition]

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