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AMERICAN CONTROVERSY]. [KNOX, William] (1732-1810). The Controversy between Great-Britain and her Colonies Reviewed . Boston: Mein & Fleming, 1769. 4 o (180 x 117 mm). (Slight browning to title and last leaf, small printing error to lower margin of M2, not affecting text.) Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, a few edges uncut (boards slightly scuffed, small residue of sealing wax on back cover). Provenance : Henry Hulton, Commissioner of Customs at Boston, 1767-1776, and signatory to many of the letters reproduced in Letters to the Ministry , below (ownership signature on front free endpaper, "Hen. Hulton's"). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THIS PRE-REVOLUTIONARY PAMPHLET attributed by Evans to Knox, who was under-secretary for American affairs and who was probably assisted in this effort by George Grenville. The Monthly Review noted, "A very close and shrewd examination of the charter, constitution, government, past conduct and present pretensions of the British Colonies." A manuscript note in John Carter Brown's copy says that "the writer was Mr. Mein, a Scotchman and bookseller in Boston, afterwards a bankrupt, and put in the Fleet prison in London. Mr. Hancock, on account of publishing this and other pieces, bought up his English debts, and making a sudden demand upon honest Mein, with which he could not instantly comply, brought on his ruin." Evans 11305; Sabin 38180. [ Bound with :] -- BERNARD, Sir Francis (1712-1779) and others. Letters to the Ministry from Governor Bernard, General Gage, and Commodore Hood and also Memorials to the Lords of the Treasury from the Commissioners of the Customs . Boston: Edes & Gill, 1769. 8 o. (Some light even browning throughout, G2 misnumbered as G3). FIRST EDITION. Adams, American Controversy 69-3a; Evans 11176; Howes B383; Sabin 4923. [ And with :] -- [ADAMS, Samuel (1722-1803)]. An Appeal to the World; or a Vindication of the Town of Boston From Many False and Malicious Aspertions . Boston: Edes & Gill, 1769. 8 o. (Some light even browning throughout). FIRST EDITION. Adams' reply to Letters to the Ministry , published the same year. Adams, American Controversy 69-7a; Evans 11133; Sabin 6478. [ And with :] -- The Votes and Proceedings of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston in Town Meeting Assembled According to Law ... To which is prefixed, As Introductory, an attested Copy of a Vote of the Town at a Preceeding Meeting . Boston: Edes & Gill; T. & J. Fleet, [1772]. 8 o. (Small hole and tear in title-page). FIRST EDITION. THE FIRST COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE. "This gives the record of the town meeting which adjourned November 2, 1772, at which the well-known Committee of Correspondence was appointed on motion of Samuel Adams. It is followed by the record of the meeting held November 20 at which the chairman of the Committee read the famous report, here given, on 'Rights of the Colonists' and 'List of Infringements and Violations of Rights'" (Streeter). "Although the report was presented as the work of the Committee, it was largely written by Samuel Adams. A manuscript of it exists in his hand" (Adams, American Independence 87a). Adams, American Controversy 72-1a; Evans 12332; Sabin 6568; Streeter sale 744. [ And with :] -- [HUTCHINSON, Thomas (1711-1780)]. Copy of Letters Sent to Great-Britain by His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson, the Hon. Andrew Oliver, and Several Other Persons Born and Educated Among Us . Boston: Edes & Gill, 1773. 4 o. (Faint dampstain to lower margin throughout, some light even browning to title-page and a few other leaves). FIRST EDITION. Adams, American Controversy 73-5a; Sabin 34071. A FINE SAMMELBAND OF PAMPHLETS RELATING TO THE AMERICAN CONTROVERSY, IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING AND WITH CONTEMPORARY PROVENANCE. In the Letters to the Ministry , Hulton, along with other Commissioners of Customs, signs his name to several letters expressing dissatisfaction with the Revenue Laws, stating that "the Seizure...has hastened the People of B