CONTENTS.

PREFACE.

SIR JOHN ELIOT.

SIR JOHN ELIOT. ON THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND UNDER THE DUKE OF

JOHN PYM.

JOHN PYM. ON THE SUBJECT OF GRIEVANCES IN THE REIGN OF CHARLES I. HOUSE OF COMMONS. APRIL 5, 1640.

LORD CHATHAM.

LORD CHATHAM. ON THE RIGHT OF TAXING AMERICA. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JANUARY 14, 1766.

LORD CHATHAM. ON AN ADDRESS TO THE THRONE CONCERNING AFFAIRS IN

LORD MANSFIELD.

LORD MANSFIELD. ON THE RIGHT OF ENGLAND TO TAX AMERICA. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 3, 1766.

EDMUND BURKE.

MR. BURKE. ON MOVING RESOLUTIONS FOR CONCILIATION WITH AMERICA. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 22, 1775.

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