Novanglus, and Massachusettensis, Or, Political Essays: Published in the Years 1774 and 1775, on the Principal Points of Controversy, Between Great Britain and Her Colonies

John Adams, Sir Roger De Coverly, Massachusettensis, William Tudor

Hews & Goss, 1819 - Digital images - 312 pages

Published on the eve of the American Revolution, this volume of essays contains John Adams' earliest thoughts on the American republic. Adams attacks essays by Daniel Leonard that assert that the British Parliament had absolute control over the colonies. Adams thoroughly refutes Leonard's essays and then launches into a learned and nuanced counterargument. Using his deep knowledge of English and colonial legal history, Adams proves decisively that the British Parliament's jurisdiction is limited to domestic affairs. The colonies were connected to Britain only through the king.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Novanglus, and Massachusettensis, Or, Political Essays: Published in the Years 1774 and 1775, on the Principal Points of Controversy, Between Great Britain and Her Colonies; Issues 62079-62082 of 19th-century legal treatises; Issue 28471 of CIHM/ICMH Digital series; Issue 28471 of CIHM/ICMH collection de microfiches; Issue 28471 of CIHM/ICMH microfiche series; Making of modern law
• Authors: John Adams, Sir Roger De Coverly, Massachusettensis, William Tudor
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Hews & Goss, 1819
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Nov 8, 2008
• ISBN: 0665284713, 9780665284717
• Length: 312 pages