A Letter to Dr. Shebear: Containing a Refutation of His Arguments Concerning the Boston and Quebec Acts of Parliament: and His Aspersions upon the Memory of King William, and the Protestant Dissenters
- Hugh Baillie (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
A Letter to Dr. Shebear (1775) is a polemical pamphlet by Hugh Baillie in which he challenges the arguments put forward by Dr. John Shebbeare in defense of the Boston and Quebec Acts of Parliament — two highly contentious pieces of British legislation in the lead-up to the American Revolution. Baillie also takes aim at Shebbeare’s disparaging remarks about King William III and Protestant dissenters, defending both their reputations. The 58-page work is part of the broader transatlantic debate over British colonial policy and religious toleration that defined the political climate of the 1770s.
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