ADAMS, John.
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America Against the Attack of M. Turgot in His Letter to Dr. Price.
Philadelphia: Wiliam Cobbett, 1797.
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Third edition. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in contemporary brown calf. Contemporary ownership signature on the title pages, light foxing, stamp from Abington Library on title page of volume three. Hinges loose, a good copy of these two volumes.
This work is one of the most important and widely read of the many writings of the important Revolutionary figure and second president of the United States. At the time Adams wrote this work he was serving as the first United States ambassador in England, an uncomfortable position for a recent rebel, but he was ever ready to argue the American point of view. Here he forcibly states the principles on which he perceived the United States to be founded. The book was popular and went through numerous editions. Its issuance as the Federal Constitutional Convention was assembling added to its popularity and resulted in several American reprintings, and according to the DAB, "its timeliness gave it vogue." Later, Adams' detractors sought to find in it a hidden desire for a monarchy. HOWES A60, "aa." EVANS 31689-31691. SABIN 235.
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America Against the Attack of M. Turgot in His Letter to Dr. Price.
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