Attributed to James Chalmers by T.R. Adams. Erroneously attributed to William Smith by Evans.
Issued separately. Also issued with: Chalmers, James. Plain truth; addressed to the inhabitants of America ... Philadelphia : R. Bell, 1776.
Multiple states of gatherings N,O, and P noted by Adams. Cf. his "Authorship and printing of Plain truth by 'Candidus.'" Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 49 (1955): 230-248.
Title page printed on recto of leaf pi4, which, in the separate issue, is folded around so that the title page appears on the front of the pamphlet.
"Extract from the journal of the proceedings of the honorable the American Continental Congress ..."--p. [3-8]. Running title: The American Congress on the rights of Englishmen.
Bookseller's advertisement, p. 136.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 42998).