Sep 28, 2023 - Sale 2646

Sale 2646 - Lot 13

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--PRELUDE.) John Dickinson. A New Essay (by the Pennsylvanian Farmer) on the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain over the Colonies in America. viii, 126, [1] pages. 8vo, disbound; minimal wear. In modern cloth folding case. London: John Almon, 1774
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First London edition, after the August 1774 Philadelphia first edition (titled "An Essay on the Constitutional Power . . ."). The thoughts of the most renowned conservative patriot on the eve of the Revolution, along with the Pennsylvania Committee of Correspondence's resolves and their instructions to the Assembly. Adams, American Controversy 17-28b; Adams, American Independence 110b; Howes D326; Sabin 20046.