Title page from An Essay on Civil Government; in Which the Right of Choosing Officers and Members of Parliament, for the City and Corporation of London, Is Shewn to Be Anciently and Unalienably Vested in the Freemen at Large, or the Whole Commonalty of Citizens; from...

An Essay on Civil Government; in Which the Right of Choosing Officers and Members of Parliament, for the City and Corporation of London, Is Shewn to Be Anciently and Unalienably Vested in the Freemen at Large, or the Whole Commonalty of Citizens; from...

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

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