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John Trenchard, Cato’s Letters, or Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects [1724]

Edition used:

Cato’s Letters, or Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects. In Four Volumes. (London: Witkins, Woodward, Walthoe, and Peele, 1737).


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About this title:

A facsimile of the 1737 edition. Almost a generation before Washington, Henry, and Jefferson were even born, two Englishmen, concealing their identities with the honored ancient name of Cato, wrote newspaper articles condemning tyranny and advancing principles of liberty that immensely influenced American colonists.

About Liberty Fund:

Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals.



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