Observations on the Act of Parliament, Commonly Called the Boston Port-Bill; With Thoughts on Civil Society and Standing Armies. by Josiah Quincy, Junior
Observations on the Act of Parliament, Commonly Called the Boston Port-Bill; With Thoughts on Civil Society and Standing Armies. by Josiah Quincy, Junior.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries ...
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T096311 With a half-title. [London]: Boston, N.E. printed. London: re-printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1774. [6],80p.; 8???
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Near fine. [2], 80 pages. Slim 8vo, newer 1/2 calf and marbled boards (spine lightly sunned; trace of foxing to several pages, otherwise fine). Boston: Printed. London: Re-printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1774. Third Edition. First British edition after the first edition printed in Boston the same year. The Boston Port Bill was the British response to the Boston Tea Party of 1773. After its enactment, the British Navy blockaded Boston harbor causing economic hardship. The blockade increased the call among the colonists for American Independence. Josiah Quincy was a Boston patriot and lawyer. He had defended, along with John Adams, the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. In this work, Quincy "...presented the case against the bill with great ability and set forth the theories that were the basis of his criticism." Dictionary of American Biography XV, p. 308. Howes Q-18. Adams, American Independence 132c. Sabin 67192.
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