An answer to Paine's Rights of man / by H. Mackenzie, esq. of Edinborough. To which is added a letter from P. Porcupine to Citizen John Swanwick, an Englishman, the son of a British waggon-master, and member of Congress for the city of Philadelphia.

After nearly 60 years of collecting, Sid Lapidus ’59 has presented to the Library more than 2700 volumes representing the fruits of his enthusiasm. Broadly conceived, the collection charts the definition and re-definiton of rights and liberties endemic to Western political traditions. The main focus is texts and documents relating to the American Revolution, its run-up dating back to the Commonwealth men, and coming down to documents of the early Federal government.