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An Essay on the Life of the Honoura...

David Humphreys

An Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major-General Israel Putnam

David Humphreys was aide-de-camp to Washington during the American Revolution. His Life of Israel Putnam, originally published in 1788, has rightly been described as “the first biography of an American written by an American.” It is, as William C. Dowling observes, “a classic of revolutionary writing, very readable and immensely interesting in what it says about the temper of the new republic in the period immediately after the American Revolution.” The subject—General Israel Putnam—is...

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David Humphreys

View of the Constitution of the Uni...

St. George Tucker

View of the Constitution of the United States

St. George Tucker’s View of the Constitution, published in 1803, was the first extended, systematic commentary on the United States Constitution after its ratification. Generations learned their Blackstone and their understanding of the Constitution through Tucker.Clyde N. Wilson is Professor of History and editor of The Papers of John C. Calhoun at the University of South Carolina. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.

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St. George Tucker

American Political Writing During t...

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American Political Writing During the Founding Era: 1760–1805

This selection of essays, pamphlets, speeches, and letters to newspapers written between 1760 and 1805 by American political and religious leaders illuminate the founding of the republic. Many selections are obscure pieces that were previously available only in larger research libraries, but all illuminate the founding of the American republic and are essential reading for students and teachers of American political thought. The second volume includes an annotated bibliography of five hundred...

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The Revolutionary Writings of Alexa...

Hamilton Alexander

The Revolutionary Writings of Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton, trusted military aide and secretary to General George Washington, wrote to persuade. He had the ability to clarify the complex issues of his time without oversimplifying them. From the basic core values established in his earlier writings to the more assertive vision of government in his mature work, we see how Hamilton’s thought responded to the emerging nation and how the nation was shaped by his ideas. This comprehensive collection of his early writings, from the period...

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Hamilton Alexander

The Revolutionary Writings of John...

John Adams

The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams

The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams presents the principal shorter writings in which Adams addresses the prospect of revolution and the form of government proper to the new United States.This collection illustrates that it was Adams who, before the Revolution, wrote some of the most important documents on the nature of the British Constitution and the meaning of rights, sovereignty, representation, and obligation.C. Bradley Thompson is Professor of Political Science at Clemson University...

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John Adams

The Struggle for Sovereignty

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The Struggle for Sovereignty

For much of Europe the seventeenth century was, as it has been termed, an “Age of Absolutism” in which single rulers held tremendous power. Yet the English in the same century succeeded in limiting the power of their monarchs. The English Civil War in midcentury and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 were the culmination of a protracted struggle between kings eager to consolidate and even extend their power and subjects who were eager to identify and defend individual liberties. The source and...

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Observations on “The Two Sons of Oi...

William Findley

Observations on “The Two Sons of Oil”

Observations on “The Two Sons of Oil” was written in 1811 in response to the Reverend Samuel B. Wylie’s work, The Two Sons of Oil, which was published in 1803. In this work of radical Presbyterian theology, Wylie pointed out what he considered to be deficiencies in the constitutions of both Pennsylvania and the United States and declared them to be immoral.Findley’s response to Wylie’s criticisms in Observations showed that it was neither the purpose nor the design of the United States...

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William Findley

The History of the Origins of Repre...

Guizot François

The History of the Origins of Representative Government in Europe

The French political philosopher and historian François Guizot (1787–1874) was one of the French Doctrinaires, thinkers who sought to avoid the interpretations of the Revolution advanced by either extreme of Left or Right. He argued that in order to understand the nature of political institutions it is necessary to study first the society, its composition, mores, and the relation between various classes. At the very center of his theory lies the principle of the sovereignty of reason.Aurelian...

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Guizot François

Democratick Editorials

William Leggett

Democratick Editorials

William Leggett (1801–1839) was the intellectual leader of the laissez-faire wing of Jacksonian democracy. His diverse writings applied the principle of equal rights to liberty and property. These editorials maintain a historical and contemporary relevance.Lawrence H. White is Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.

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William Leggett

The History of England Volume III

David Hume

The History of England Volume III

Volume III examines the early Tudor period, from Henry VII through Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey, and Mary I, with an appendix discussng toleration.

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David Hume

The Crisis of the Seventeenth Centu...

Hugh Trevor-Roper

The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century

The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century collects nine essays by Trevor-Roper on the themes of religion, the Reformation, and social change.In his longest essay, “The European Witch-craze of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries,” Trevor-Roper points out that “in England the most active phase of witch-hunting coincided with times of Puritan pressure—the reign of Queen Elizabeth and the period of the civil wars—and some very fanciful theories have been built on this coincidence. But . . . the...

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Hugh Trevor-Roper

Empire and Nation

John Dickinson

Empire and Nation

Two series of letters described as “the wellsprings of nearly all ensuing debate on the limits of governmental power in the United States” address the whole remarkable range of issues provoked by the crisis of British policies in North America out of which a new nation emerged from an overreaching empire.Forrest McDonald is Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Alabama and author of States’ Rights and the Union. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase...

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John Dickinson

The History of England Volume IV

David Hume

The History of England Volume IV

Volume IV covers the reign of Elizabeth, perhaps the greatest monarch England ever had, including her struggles with and eventual defeat of Mary Queen of Scots.

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David Hume

The Origin and Principles of the Am...

Friedrich Gentz

The Origin and Principles of the American Revolution, Compared with the Origin and Principles of the French Revolution

The Origin and Principles of the American Revolution is perhaps one of the most important books written on the American Revolution by a European author. It is an original study of the subject by a conservative, objective German observer who acknowleEAes the legitimacy of the American Revolution, but also asserts at the same time that it was not a revolution but a legitimate transition.The Liberty Fund edition is supplemented by a new introduction and annotations that provide the reader with...

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Friedrich Gentz

The Lamp of Experience

Trevor Colbourn

The Lamp of Experience

In a landmark work, a leading scholar of the eighteenth century examines the ways in which an understanding of the nature of history influenced the thinking of the founding fathers.As Jack P. Greene has observed, “[The Whig] conception saw the past as a continual struggle between liberty and virtue on one hand and arbitrary power and corruption on the other.” Many founders found in this intellectual tradition what Josiah Quincy, Jr., called the “true old English liberty,” and it was this Whig...

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Trevor Colbourn

Further Reflections on the Revoluti...

Edmund Burke

Further Reflections on the Revolution in France

In his famous Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Edmund Burke excoriated French revolutionary leaders for recklessly destroying France’s venerable institutions and way of life. But his war against the French intelligentsia did not end there, and Burke continued to take pen in hand against the Jacobins until his death in 1797.This collection brings together for the first time in unabriEAed form Burke’s writings on the French Revolution that anticipate, refine, and summarize the works...

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Edmund Burke

To Secure the Blessings of Liberty

Gouverneur Morris

To Secure the Blessings of Liberty

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Gouverneur Morris

In Defense of the Constitution

George W. Carey

In Defense of the Constitution

In Defense of the Constitution argues that modern disciples of Progressivism who subtly distort fundamental principles of the Constitution are determined to centralize political control in Washington, D.C., to achieve their goal of an egalitarian national society. It is in their distrust of self-government and representative institutions that Progressivists advocate, albeit indirectly, an elitist regime based on the power of the Supreme Court—or judicial supremacy.George W. Carey was Professor...

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George W. Carey

Select Works of Edmund Burke: Lette...

Edmund Burke

Select Works of Edmund Burke: Letters on a Regicide Peace

This famed Payne edition of Select Works of Edmund Burke is universally revered by students of English history and political thought.Volume 3 presents Burke’s Four Letters on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France—generally styled Letters on a Regicide Peace (1795–1796). The Letters, Payne believed, deserve to “rank even before [Burke’s] Reflections, and to be called the writer’s masterpiece.” Faithfully reproduced in each volume are E. J. Payne’s notes and introductory...

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Edmund Burke

Collected Political Writings of Jam...

Otis James

Collected Political Writings of James Otis

The writings of James Otis arguably had more influence in America and England before 1774 than those of any other American except John Dickinson. John Adams pointed to Otis as the first man to have plumbed the depths of the argument between Britain and the Anglo-American colonies. Anyone who wishes to understand the American Revolution, the American founding, and American political thought would benefit greatly from reading Otis's political writings. Otis's writings tackle...

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Otis James

The History of England Volume I

David Hume

The History of England Volume I

Volume I surveys pre-Roman Britain, the Anglo-Saxons, the Norman Conquest, and the kings of England from William I through John, and ends with a comparison of the feudal and the Anglo-Norman systems of government in England.

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David Hume

George Washington

George Washington speaks for himself on behalf of liberty and the emerging American republic in this handsome book, the only one-volume compilation in print of his vast writings.While Washington is recognized as a military leader and the great symbolic figure of the early republic, many fail to appreciate the full measure of his contributions to the country. In these selections, his political ideas and juEAments stand out with remarkable clarity. His writings are replete with sustained,...

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George Washington

The History of England Volume V

David Hume

The History of England Volume V

Volume V details the accession of James I and the establishment of the Stuart dynasty, the heightened tensions between the king and parliament as the kingdom grappled with the questions of absolute rule and the problems of religion, continuing into the reign of Charles I, the civil war, and the execution of Charles.

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David Hume

Our Founders' Warning

Strobe Talbott

Our Founders' Warning

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Strobe Talbott

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