A letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Hilsborough, on the present situation of affairs in America. : In which the arguments in favour of the colonies, are placed in a new point of view, and their Rights and Privileges are incontestibly demonstrated on constitutional Principles, supported by unanswerable Arguments drawn from their ancient original Charters, and the Circumstances attending their first Settlement. Together with a serious and impartial Consideration of the Consequences which must necessarily result from the Exercise of coercive Measures, to compel them to a Submission to the late Acts of Parliament. Also an appendix in answer to a pamphlet intituled, The constitutional right of Great-Britain to tax the colonies.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Politics and government--1727-1760.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,117 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for George Kearsly, at No. 1. Ludgate-Street, MDCCLXIX. [1769]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Sometimes attributed to George Canning and to Samuel Adams.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

Adams, 69-22

English Short Title Catalog, N2477.

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