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A Calm Address to our American Colonies [textual record]

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Date:

1775.

Reference:

R5031-0-2-E, MG23-B31, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

100299

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A Calm Address to our American Colonies
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Date(s):

1775.

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Extent:

0.4 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Item is a discourse on the taxing powers of the British Parliament entitled A Calm Address to our American Colonies, originally published by William Pine of Bristol, in 1775. Wesley upholds the taxing authority of the British Parliament, attacks the colonial theory of the freely entered contract between people and government, and urges the colonists to return to their allegiance to the Crown. The material consists of 14 pages of transcripts.

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Wesley, John, 1703-1791

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Wesley, John, 1703-1791 : John Wesley was an evangelist, religious poet and author of hymns. He founded and led the Wesleyan Methodist movement in England.

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General note:

Transferred from the Miscellaneous Documents collection 26/6.
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Allegiance - United States, 1775

Great Britain. Parliament - Authority, 1775

Taxation - United States, 1775

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne

"Calm Address to our American Colonies",
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MG23-B31
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Volume [MG23 B 31] 1

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