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DUMMER, JEREMIAH. A Defence of the New-England Charters. 8vo, modern morocco; minor staining and foxing. London, 1721
- Notes: first edition. signed on the title by famed salem witch trial jurist stephen sewall. "Notable contribution to colonial political thought, voicing the theory that, by reason of their contractual nature, these charters could not now, after the colonists had fulfilled their obligation by redeeming the wilderness, be abrogated and government restored to the Crown"--Howes D554; Sabin 21197.
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