02700nam a2200433Ia 4500 administrationof01pown CaSfIA 20250929092341.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 990628s1777 enk o 000 0 eng d 08010568 (OCoLC)1038777701 NYP NYP OCLCQ BRL CaSfIA Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805. The administration of the British colonies / by Thomas Pownall ... The sixth edition. Wherein their constitutional rights and establishments as also those disputed points in the constitutions and administration of the government of the colonies, from whence the present American war sprung, and on which the final settlement of a peace must turn are discussed and stated. London : Printed for J. Walter ..., MDCCLXXVII [1777] 1 online resource (2 v.) Includes half t.p. Errata slip pasted between p. [xi]-[1], v. 2. Vol. 2 has added t.p.: The administration of the British colonies. Part the second. Wherein a line of government between the supreme jurisdiction of Great Britain, and the rights of the colonies is drawn, and a plan of pacification is suggested. To which is added, a postscript, being remarks on the Pennsylvania instructions, and "New essay on the constitutional power of the Parliament over the colonies" ... A reissue of the 1774 edition with cancel half-titles and titlepages in both volumes. First published in 1764 as 'The administration of the colonies'. John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library. BRL John Adams Library: presentation copy. BRL John Adams Library copy inscribed on verso of first leaf, v. 1-2: "Gov. Pownell presents as a testimony of his esteem & respects, this copy of the following work, to Mr. Adams." BRL ESTC, N2729 Sabin, 64819 Adams, 64-16f John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894. Dickinson, John, 1732-1808. New essay ... on the constitutional power of Great-Britain over the colonies in America. Colonies and colonaztion, British Govt. United States Govt. Colonial period. United States History Revolution Constitutional aspects. Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL Boston Public Library (John Adams Library) BRL https://archive.org/details/administrationof01pown Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24364855M Additional information and access via Open Library administrationof01pown 1 ark:/13960/t8jd5n306