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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],117,[1]p. )

Other Title:

Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Hilsborough, on the present situation of affairs in America.

Place of Publication:

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

Notes:

Sometimes attributed to George Canning and to Samuel Adams.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

Adams, 69-22

English Short Title Catalog, N2477.

OCLC:

642178554