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ADAMS, JOHN. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. 8vo, modern 1/2 morocco; scattered light foxing and

ADAMS, JOHN. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. 8vo, modern 1/2 morocco; scattered light foxing and dampstaining; early owners's signatures on the title and the front free endpaper. London, 1787

  • Notes: first edition. Adams wrote this work on constitutional theory while serving as Minister to the Court of St. James. First published in America later in the same year as this edition, the work was often cited in the debates of the Constitutional Convention. Howes A60.

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