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A new essay by the Pennsylvanian farmer on the constitutional power of Great-Britain over the colonies in America; with the resolves of the committee for the province of Pennsylvania, ...
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1744 Ber (b.w.) Af.336.4 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickinson, John, 1732-1808 1776
- Standardized Title:
- Essay ... on the constitutional power of Great-Britain over the colonies in America
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- viii,126,[2]p. ; 8°.
- Other Title:
- Essay on the constitutional power of Great-Britain over the colonies in America
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Philadelphia printed; and London re-printed for J. Almon, 1774.
- Notes:
- The Pennsylvanian farmer = John Dickinson.
- The words "by .. farmer" on the titlepage are enclosed in square brackets.
- With a half-title and a final advertisement leaf.
- Originally published in Philadelphia, 1774, as 'An essay on the constitutional power of Great Britain over the colonies in America'.
- Also issued as part of: 'Select tracts on the subject of taxing', London, 1775.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Berkeley, Siris, q.v.; item 4 in volume. Attribution to Dickinson by Col. William Duane on title and p. 33. Modern half sheep, bound with other items. MS table of contents in modern hand bound in front; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- Cited in:
- Adams 74-28b
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