Name: THE DEBATE ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1761-1783
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THE DEBATE ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1761-1783

by Max Beloff

Published by Nicholas Kaye. 1st. 1949

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The British Political Tradition series edited by Bullock and Deakin. This volume edited by Beloff. A selection of contemporary contributions, in speeches and writings, to the debate of the constitutional and political rights and duties of the American colonies. 303 pages including index. Brown cloth, red and gilt title to spine.

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INTRODUCTION, by Max Beloff
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
DOCUMENTS
TEXT I. James Otis
Speech on the Writs of Assistance. February 1761
TEXT 2. James Otis
The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved. Boston, July 1764
TEXT 3. Patrick Henry
Virginia Resolves on the Stamp Act. Assembly of Virginia, 30 May, 1765
TEXT 4. Daniel Dulany
Considerations on the Propriety of imposing Taxes in the British Colonies for the purpose of raising a Revenue, by Act of Parliament. Annapolis, October 1765.
TEXT 5. Soames Jenyns
The Objections to the Taxation of Our American Colonies by the Legislature of Great Britain briefly consider'd. London 1765.
TEXT 6. Sir Francis Bernard
Letter to Lord Barrington. 23 November 1765
TEXT 7. John Dickinson
Address on the Stamp Act. Stamp Act Congress, New York, November 1765
TEXT 8. Sir William Blackstone
Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765-69
TEXT 9. William Pitt (Subsequently Earl of Chatham)
Speech in the debate on the Address. House of Commons, 14 January 1766
TEXT 10. George Grenville
Speech in the debate on the Address. House of Commons, 14 January 1766
TEXT 11. William Pitt
Speech in reply to Grenville. House of Commons 14 January 1766
TEXT 12. Debate on the Conway Resolutions, House of Lords, 10 February 1766
TEXT 13. Lord Camden
Speech on American Taxation. House of Lords, 24 February 1766
TEXT 14. John Dickinson
Farmer's Letters. No.11 Philadelphia, November 1767
TEXT 15. Samuel Adams
Letters of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. January 1768
TEXT 16. Earl of Chatham
Speech in the House of Lords. 9 January 1770
TEXT 17. Thomas Hutchinson
Speech to the Massachusetts Assembly. 6 January 1773
TEXT 18. Edmund Burke
Speech on American Taxation. House of Commons, 19 April 1774
TEXT 19. Earl of Chatham
Speech in the House of Lords. 26 May 1774
TEXT 20. James Wilson
Considerations on the Authority of Parliament. Philadelphia, August 1774
TEXT 21. Thomas Jefferson
A Summary View of the Rights of British America. Williamsburg, Virginia, August 1774
TEXT 22. James Wilson
Speech in the Pennsylvania Convention. January 1775
TEXT 23. Daniel Leonard
Massachusettenis, No. V. Boston. 9 January 1775
TEXT 24. John Adams
Novanglus. Nos. VII and VIII. Boston. January 1775
TEXT 25. Earl of Chatham
Speech in the House of Lords. 20 January 1775
TEXT 26. Earl of Chatham
Bill for Settling the Troubles in America. 1 February 1775
TEXT 27. Benjamin Franklin
Letter to Joseph Galloway. 25 February 1775
TEXT 28. Edmund Burke
Speech on Conciliation with America. House of Commons. 22 March 1775
TEXT 29. Thomas Paine
Common Sense. Philadelphia. 9 January 1776
TEXT 30. Richard Price
Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty and the Justice and Policy on the War with America. February 1776
TEXT 31. The Declaration of Independence. 4 July 1776
TEXT 32. Edmund Burke
Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol. 3 April 1777
TEXT 33. Earl of Chatham
Speech in the House of Lords. 20 November 1777
TEXT 34. Earl of Chatham
Speech in the House of Lords. 7 April 1778
TEXT 35. Josiah Tucker
Four Letters on important National Subjects 1783
BOOKS FOR FURTHER READING
INDEX OF PERSONS