DICKINSON, John]. An Essay on the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain over the Colonies in America; with the Resolves of the Committee for the Province of Pennsylvania, and their Instructions to the representatives in Assembly . Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1774.
DICKINSON, John]. An Essay on the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain over the Colonies in America; with the Resolves of the Committee for the Province of Pennsylvania, and their Instructions to the representatives in Assembly . Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1774. 8° (189 x 113 mm). (Title with a few stains and repairs in gutter margin, last leaf somewhat browned and lightly worn at edges.) Early 20th-century red half morocco. Provenance : Samuel B. Webb (signature on title [cropped] with inscription “Philadelphia, Sept. 7th” and on last leaf, dated 1774. FIRST EDITION , concerning the recent suppression of the colonists' rights: "Colonies could not have been planted on these terms. What Englishman, but an ideot, would have become a colonist on these conditions?" (page 113). The resolves and instructions of the Philadelphia Committee of Correspondence form the preface to the work. Adams, American Independence 110a; Evans 13247; Howes D326; Sabin 20040.
DICKINSON, John]. An Essay on the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain over the Colonies in America; with the Resolves of the Committee for the Province of Pennsylvania, and their Instructions to the representatives in Assembly . Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1774.
DICKINSON, John]. An Essay on the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain over the Colonies in America; with the Resolves of the Committee for the Province of Pennsylvania, and their Instructions to the representatives in Assembly . Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1774. 8° (189 x 113 mm). (Title with a few stains and repairs in gutter margin, last leaf somewhat browned and lightly worn at edges.) Early 20th-century red half morocco. Provenance : Samuel B. Webb (signature on title [cropped] with inscription “Philadelphia, Sept. 7th” and on last leaf, dated 1774. FIRST EDITION , concerning the recent suppression of the colonists' rights: "Colonies could not have been planted on these terms. What Englishman, but an ideot, would have become a colonist on these conditions?" (page 113). The resolves and instructions of the Philadelphia Committee of Correspondence form the preface to the work. Adams, American Independence 110a; Evans 13247; Howes D326; Sabin 20040.
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