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010 $a 08010568
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040 $aNYP$cNYP$dOCLCQ$dBRL
049 $aBRLL
099 $aAdams 251.9
100 1 $aPownall, Thomas,$d1722-1805.
245 14 $aThe administration of the British colonies /$cby Thomas Pownall ...
250 $aThe sixth edition. Wherein their constitutional rights and establishments as also those disputed points in the constitutions and administration of the government of the colonies, from whence the present American war sprung, and on which the final settlement of a peace must turn are discussed and stated.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for J. Walter ...,$cMDCCLXXVII [1777]
300 $a2 v. ;$c22 cm.
500 $aIncludes half t.p.
500 $aErrata slip pasted between p. [xi]-[1], v. 2.
500 $aVol. 2 has added t.p.: The administration of the British colonies. Part the second. Wherein a line of government between the supreme jurisdiction of Great Britain, and the rights of the colonies is drawn, and a plan of pacification is suggested. To which is added, a postscript, being remarks on the Pennsylvania instructions, and "New essay on the constitutional power of the Parliament over the colonies" ...
500 $aA reissue of the 1774 edition with cancel half-titles and titlepages in both volumes.
500 $aFirst published in 1764 as 'The administration of the colonies'.
500 $aJohn Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.$5BRL
500 $aJohn Adams Library: presentation copy. $5BRL
500 $aJohn Adams Library copy inscribed on verso of first leaf, v. 1-2: "Gov. Pownell presents as a testimony of his esteem & respects, this copy of the following work, to Mr. Adams."$5BRL
510 4 $aESTC,$cN2729
510 4 $aSabin,$c64819
510 4 $aAdams,$c64-16f
590 $aJohn Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.
600 14 $aDickinson, John,$d1732-1808.$tNew essay ... on the constitutional power of Great-Britain over the colonies in America.
650 4 $aColonies and colonaztion, British$xGovt.
651 4 $aUnited States$xGovt.$xColonial period.
651 4 $aUnited States$xHistory$xRevolution$xConstitutional aspects.
700 1 $aAdams, John,$d1735-1826,$eformer owner.$5BRL
710 2 $aBoston Public Library (John Adams Library)$5BRL
937 $aEuropean history$aAmerican history$aPolitics and government.
955 $aR-B
994 $a02$bBRL