A Defence of the Legislature of Massachusetts, or the Rights of New England Vindicated.
Boston: Printed at the Repertory Office, 1804.
Price: $100.00
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1 vols. 8vo. Disbound. Some browning and spotting, short tears along gutters, small duplicate stamp on final leaf below Erratum. Shaw and Shoemaker 6135.
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The Legislature had “adopted a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States by apportioning representatives among the States according to the number of free inhabitants; [and] to provide for the choice of Electors of President and Vice President by a General Ticket.” These actions brought about a great deal of controversy in response to which which the author writes this defence.