Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The true sentiments of America, contained in a collection of letters sent from the House of Representatives of the province of Massachusetts Bay to several persons of high rank in this kingdom : together with certain papers relating to a supposed libel on the governor of that province, and a dissertation on the canon and the feudal law.
Call Number
EX Lapidus 2.22
1150.472
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/q524jp511
Publisher
London : Printed for J. Almon ..., 1768.
Language
English
Date Created
1768
Extent
82,[2],83-158 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 1 Gift Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959 2010
References
ESTC T4118
Adams 68-12a
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Includes: ten letters signed "by The Speaker," many of which were written by Samuel Adams; ’Papers relating to a supposed libel’ which has a special half-title and refers to the Governor Bernard affair; ’A dissertation on the canon and the Rudal law’ attributed by Hollis to Jeremiah Gridley but written by John Adams; and a letter that appeared in the London Chronicle for 7 Jan. 1768 signed F.S., i.e. Benjamin Franklin (Adams).

Discovery Information

Subject
Massachusetts—Politics and government—1775-1783

Physical Characteristics

File Count
166

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/14446ad5-a3ad-4078-8dac-4ed991fce3d4/manifest