(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) [Galloway Joseph] A Candid Examination

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CONTROVERSIAL LOYALIST PAMPHLET WHICH ESCAPED THE BONFIRE (AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) [Galloway, Joseph.] A Candid Examination of the Mutual Claims of Great Britain and the Colonies. 8vo, modern 1/2 calf; small paper flaw in margin of leaf B4 is the most notable fault. (JMR) New York: James Rivington, 1775

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first edition, issue with errata on verso of title page. Galloway was a Pennsylvania delegate to the First Continental Congress, but had always been an advocate of continued union with Great Britain. He here proposes that Parliament should appoint a President-General to lead the American colonies, and that this should suffice to end the mounting calls for revolution. "One of the most famous Tory tracts, upholding unlimited parliamentary supremacy. In several colonies copies were officially burned"--Howes G34. Adams, American Independence 164; Evans 14059; Sabin 26422.