Select Works of Edmund Burke, vol. 1
This volume contains Burke’s speeches on the crisis between Great Britain and the American colonies. He did not dispute the right of the crown to tax the colonies but objected to doing so without the consent of the colonists.
Select Works of Edmund Burke. A New Imprint of the Payne Edition. Foreword and Biographical Note by Francis Canavan (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999). Vol. 1.
Copyright:
The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.
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- Foreword: Francis Canavan
- Author: Edmund Burke
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Table of Contents
- Contents
- Editor’s Foreword
- Biographical Note
- Editor’s Note
- Introduction
- Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents
- Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq., on American Taxation
- preface
- speech, c.
- Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq., on Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies
- Notes
- Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents
- Speech on American Taxation
- Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies
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