Rights of Englishmen : An antidote to the poison now vending by the transatlantic republican Thomas Paine, secretary for foreign affairs to Congress, during the American war. In reply to his whimsical attacks against the constitution and government of Great Britain / By Isaac Hunt, A.M. of the colleges of New York and Philadelphia, an American loyalist.

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.