A Letter to the Right Honourable Wills Earl of Hillsborough, on the Connection between Great Britain and Her American Colonies
- George Canning (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This essay is a 1768 pamphlet written by George Canning. Addressed directly to the Earl of Hillsborough — who served as Britain’s Secretary of State for the Colonies — the pamphlet engages the pressing question of how Great Britain should manage its relationship with the American colonies at a moment of rising tensions. Like others in this collection, it reflects the lively British debate over colonial policy, taxation, and imperial authority that would ultimately culminate in the American Revolution.
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