American Political Writing During the Founding Era: 1760–1805. Группа авторов

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      © 1983 by Charles S. Hyneman and Donald S. Lutz

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      AMERICAN

      POLITICAL WRITING

      DURING THE

      FOUNDING ERA

      1760–1805

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

VOLUME I

[1] ABRAHAM WILLIAMS, An Election Sermon, BOSTON, 1762

      General principles of government

[2] T.Q., AND J., [Untitled], BOSTON, 1763

      Separation of Powers

[3] U., [Untitled], BOSTON, 1763

      State of nature, and violence in civil society

[4] [ANONYMOUS], [Untitled], BOSTON, 1764

      Public virtue and self-government

[5] PHILO PUBLICUS, [Untitled], BOSTON, 1764

      Frugality

[6] STEPHEN HOPKINS, The Rights of Colonies Examined, PROVIDENCE, 1764

      Relationship of American colonies to Britain

[7] AEQUUS, From the Craftsman, BOSTON, 1766

      Relationship of colonies to Britain

[8] RICHARD BLAND, An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies, WILLIAMSBURG, 1766

      Legal relationship of colonies to Britain

[9] BRITANNUS AMERICANUS, [Untitled], BOSTON, 1766

      Relationship of colonies to Britain

[10] THE TRIBUNE, No. xvii, CHARLESTON, 1766

      Public virtue and freedom

[11] [SILAS DOWNER] A SON OF LIBERTY, A Discourse at the Dedication of the Tree of Liberty, PROVIDENCE, 1768

      Popular consent and the relationship of the colonies to Britain

[12] DANIEL SHUTE, An Election Sermon, BOSTON, 1768

      Why government needs a constitution and what should be in it

[13] [JOHN PERKINS] A WELL-WISHER TO MANKIND, Theory of Agency: Or, An Essay on the Nature, Source and Extent of Moral Freedom, BOSTON, 1771

      The foundations of liberty in moral philosophy

[14] JOHN TUCKER, An Election Sermon, BOSTON, 1771

      The origin, nature, and end of civil government

[15] THE PRECEPTOR, Vol. II. Social Duties of the Political Kind, BOSTON, 1772

      The benefits of civil society

[16] A CONSTANT CUSTOMER, Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman in the Country to His Friend, BOSTON, 1773

      Slavery

[17] SIMEON HOWARD, A Sermon Preached to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in Boston, BOSTON, 1773

      Justifies breaking with Britain

[18] [DANIEL LEONARD] MASSACHUSETTENSIS, To All Nations of Men, BOSTON, 1773

      Uses state of nature argument to justify break with Britain

[19] [BENJAMIN RUSH] A PENNSYLVANIAN, An Address to the Inhabitants of the British Settlements in America Upon Slave-Keeping, PHILADELPHIA, 1773

      Opposition to it based on religion and practicality

[20] CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, Appeal to the Inhabitants of Quebec, PHILADELPHIA, 1774

      The foundations of a free people

[21] THOMAS BRADBURY, The Ass: or, the Serpent, A Comparison Between the Tribes of Issachar and Dan, in Their Regard for Civil Liberty, NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 1774

      Contrasts the slavish spirit with the freedom-loving spirit

[22] NATHANIEL NILES, Two Discourses on Liberty, NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 1774

      The origin, nature, and consequences of liberty

[23] MONITOR, To the New Appointed