Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America : to which is added an appendix and postscript containing a state of the national debt, an estimate of the money drawn from the public by the taxes, and an account of the national income and expenditure since the last war

Observations on the nature of civil liberty, the principles of government, and the justice and policy of the war with America : to which is added an appendix and postscript containing a state of the national debt, an estimate of the money drawn from the public by the taxes, and an account of the national income and expenditure since the last war

The fifth edition.

London : Printed for T. Cadell ..., 1776.

[8], 132 p. ; 23 cm. (8vo)

L2002F10 1776 5th ed

(OCoLC)15612886

Signatures: [A] B-I K².
Publisher's advertisements: p. [1st][8]
"Appendix. Amount of the national debt at midsummer 1775.": p. 111-128; "Postscript. Account of public debts discharged, money borrowed, and annual interest saved, from 1763 to 1775.": p. 129-132.
A political pamphlet, which author wrote in defence of the American rebels. It had a remarkable effect & went through 11 printings within a few weeks, and at least 15 in London alone in the course of 1776.
Ownership stamp on t.p.: Property of the Prudential Ins Co.

Sabin 65452
Howes, W. U.S.iana (2nd ed.) P586
Adams, T.R. Brit. pamphlets 76-118e
Gephart, R.M. Revolutionary America 3219

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