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The political writings of John Adams
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Title
The political writings of John Adams / edited with an introduction by George W. Carey.
ISBN
9780895262929
0895262924
Published
Washington, D.C. : Regnery Pub. ; Lanham, MD : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, ©2000.
Physical Description
xxxvi, 712 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes
"Conservative Book Club"--Cover.
Summary
"This book is the most comprehensive single volume of John Adams's political writings ever published. All of his major political works and all of his most important political correspondence are collected here. The Political Writings of John Adams also includes headnotes and a substantial introduction. The introduction sets John Adams in historical context and illuminates the significance of his political philosophy within the American political tradition." "Anyone hoping to understand the thought of America's second president, first political philosopher, and most trenchant conservative will find this book indispensable."--Jacket.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 03, 2019
Series
Conservative leadership series ; 6.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Introduction / George W. Carey
Major Political Works
A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law
Novanglus
A Defence of the Constitutions of the Government of the United States of America
Discourses on Davila
Major Political Correspondence
Letters to John Taylor, of Caroline, Virginia
Three Letters to Roger Sherman
Essay, Letters, and Other Works
Essays: On Private Revenge; on Self-Delusion
Instructions of the Town of Braintree to their Representative
Thoughts on Government and Letter to John Penn
The Report of a Constitution or Form of Government, for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Letters upon Interesting Subjects Respecting the Revolution of America
Review of the Hillhouse Proposal
Entries from the Diary of John Adams
Selections from the Autobiography of John Adams
Inaugural Speech, March 4, 1797
Various Letters
To Richard Henry Lee, 15 November, 1775
Letter of the Earl of Clarendon to William Pym 27 January, 1766
To Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776
To Joseph Hawley, August 25, 1776
To Samuel Adams, September 17, 1776
To John Jebb, August 21, 1785
To Richard Price, April 19, 1790
To Samuel Adams, October 18, 1790
To Skelton Jones, March 11, 1809
To Samuel Perley, June 19, 1809
To Josiah Quincy, February 9, 1811
To William Plumer, March 28, 1813
To Thomas McKean, August 31, 1813
To James Lloyd, January 1815
To James Lloyd, February 11, 1815
To William Tudor, June 1, 1817
To William Tudor, June 5, 1817.
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