(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT) Dummer Jeremiah A Defence of the Ne

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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Dummer, Jeremiah. A Defence of the New-England Charters. [4], 43 pages. 8vo, disbound; early signature excised from upper margin of title page, final leaf trimmed to text (with loss of tailpiece) and laid down. (MRS) Boston: B. Green, 1745

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Second American edition. "Notable contribution to colonial political thought, voicing the theory that, by reason of their contractual nature, these charters could not now, after the colonists had fulfilled their obligation by redeeming the wilderness, be abrogated and government restored to the Crown"--Howes D554. Evans 5576; Sabin 21197. Provenance: sold by The Americanist (Pottsville, PA) to the consignor.