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and to justify a request of attention in the use and return of it. it happens that m(
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Duval sets out this afternoon for Richmond & furnishes an opportunity of conveying it to you. it should be noted in the republication
that the title, the motto and the preface were of the editors, and, with the piece itself, were printed without my knolege.
I had drawn the paper at home, set out for the convention; was taken ill on the road, & sent on the paper to Peyton Randolph
moderator of the convention. it was laid by him on the table of the convention for the persual
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sic
--
Ed.
]
of the members, and by them justly deemed ahead of the sentiments of the times: but some of them deemed it useful to publish
it, & they affixed the title, epigraph & preface. I was informed by parson Hurt who was in England when it arrived there,
that it ran through several editions there. as to the humble petition to the king in 1775. which I have been charged with
drawing & signing, every body knows it was drawn by m
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Dickinson, & the journals shew it was reported to congress some days before I took my seat there. the opposition to it was
almost universal, and we let it pass at last merely because those who advocated it declared that if the king should not answer
it satisfactorily they would then go all lengths with us. to produce this unanimity we let it pass, and we all
signed it, because the king would not recieve a paper from the
President of Congress
. . .”
[3085]
[See Illustrations]
Frontis.: “Title-page of A Summary View by Thomas Jefferson, no. 3085.
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Opp. p. 254: “Pages 8 and 9 of A Summary View, no. 3085, with corrections by Thomas Jefferson.
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3. [DICKINSON,
John.]
An Essay on the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain over the colonies in America; with the resolves of the committee for
the province of Pennsylvania, and their instructions to their representatives in assembly.
Philadelphia: printed and sold, by
William and Thomas Bradford,
m.dcc.lxxiv
. [1774.]
First Edition. 68 leaves: A
4, A-Q
4, Errata on Appendix on the last page.
Sabin 20040.
Evans 13247.
Hildeburn 3003.
Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I.
See the note to no. 3076.
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4. [FISHER,
Jabez.]
Americanus examined, and his principles compared with those of the approved advocates for America, by a Pennsylvanian.
Philadelphia: printed in the year,
m dcc lxxiv
. [1774.]
12 leaves: [ ]
4, B-C
4.
Halkett and Laing I, 67 (after Evans).
Sabin 1275 (under title).
Evans 13277.
Hildeburn 2971 (under title).
Margins cut close; a few manuscript corrections in ink.
[3087]
5. [DRAYTON,
William Henry.]
A Letter from Freeman of South-Carolina, to the deputies of North-America, assembled in the High Court of Congress at Philadelphia.
South-Carolina: Charles-Town, printed by
Peter Timothy.
m,dcc,lxxiv
. [1774.]
4to. 24 leaves: [ ]
1, A-E
4, F
3. Signed and dated at the end: Freeman.
South-Carolina, Charles-Town, August 10, 1774. 5 lines of Errata at the foot of the page.
Sabin 40277.
Evans 13256.
The margins cut close at the fore-edge, sometimes with injury to the text; the upper margin of the last leaf, with several
lines of text, torn away.
William Henry Drayton, 1742-1779, Revolutionary leader, denied in this pamphlet the right of Parliament to legislate for the American colonies.
[3088]
6. [WILSON,
James.]
Considerations on the nature and the extent of the Legislative Authority of the
