The True Sentiments of America

Title: The true sentiments of America: contained in a collection of letters sent from the House of Representatives of the province of Massachusetts Bay to several persons of high rank in this kingdom: together with certain papers relating to a supposed libel on the governor of that province, and a dissertation on the canon and the feudal law.Author: Thomas HollisPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01504700CollectionID: CTRG95-B249PublicationDate: 17680101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Compiled by Thomas Hollis. Most of the letters were written by Samuel Adams. Joseph Warren's attack on Governor Bernard has a separate half title following p. 82: Papers relating to a supposed libel on the governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay. John Adams' dissertation is here tentatively attributed to Jeremy Gridley. Both of the latter 2 had been previously published in the Boston Gazette. Included as a postscript is a letter signed " ... F.S." by Benjamin Franklin, previously published in the London Chronicle, known as: Causes of the American discontents before 1768: p. 143-158.Collation: 158 p.; 19 cm. (8vo)