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[Philadelphia]: [David Hall, and William Sellers], [1768]. Second Edition. Softcover. Title page lacking and replaced by a modern photocopy; Fahnestock Bequest 1869 embossed stamp on the first page of text; early owner signatures on the top blank margin of two text pages; closed tear with no loss to margin of another page; even browning to text. Overall, despite the missing title page, a Very Good example of this scarce and important piece of Americana. Stitched wraps, the original cover present with the rear lacking; 3 - 71, [1] pages. Lacking the title page with a photocopy of it bound in. The exceptionally scarce First Edition was published in March, and this Second Edition, very scarce in its own right, in June. EVANS 10875; HOWES D-329: "Earliest serious study into colonial legal rights"; SABIN 20044. Dickinson was a leading voice against British Parliamentary acts that imposed a tax on items by requiring the purchase of a stamp. He argued that these various acts were intended to raise…
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[LETTERS FROM A FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES]
by [DICKINSON, John]
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