WESLEY, JOHN. 1703-1791.
A Calm Address to Our American Colonies. London: R. Hawes, [1775].
12mo (195 x 107 mm). 24 pp. Untrimmed in later wrappers. Title lightly dust-soiled and with period ink annotations at head.
Wesley argues for the legitimacy of taxing the colonies. When copies arrived in America it is said to have been suppressed for fear of Methodist persecution. Howes W623.
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