(POLITICS) [Dana Samuel W] Essay on Political Society

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(POLITICS.) [Dana, Samuel W.] Essay on Political Society. 8vo, original paper-backed boards, tastefully rebacked; with half-title, uncut; early owner's inscriptions on title page and front free endpaper. Philadelphia, 1800

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"Dana's essay, the most thorough work of political philosophy written by a Connecticut Federalist, revealed the concerns motivating Federalist thinkers. The questions that they sought to answer concerned the fragility of republican government and the persistent threat of despotism"--Siegel, "Steady Habits Under Siege," in Federalists Reconsidered, page 204 [1999]. Evans 37381.