LEADER 03601nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910965210603321 005 20251117092359.0 010 $a1-61487-831-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000275830 035 $a(EBL)3327312 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000755585 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11410751 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755585 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10730733 035 $a(PQKB)10675062 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3327312 035 $a(OCoLC)62320131 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22277 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3327312 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10614217 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL585359 035 $a(OCoLC)923211485 035 $a(BIP)42679969 035 $a(BIP)47598112 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000275830 100 $a19980128d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEmpire and nation /$fedited by Forrest McDonald 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aIndianapolis, Ind. $cLiberty Fund$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (193 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-86597-203-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aLetters from a farmer in Pennsylvania / John Dickinson -- Letters from the Federal farmer / Richard Henry Lee. 330 $aTwo series of letters that have been described as "the wellsprings of nearly all ensuing debate on the limits of governmental power in the United States" are collected in this volume. The writings include "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"--the "farmer" being the gifted and courageous statesman John Dickinson and "Letters from the Federal Farmer"--he being the redoubtable Richard Henry Lee of Virginia. Together, Dickinson and Lee addressed the whole remarkable range of issues provoked by the crisis of British policies in North America, a crisis from which a new nation emerged from an overreaching empire. Dickinson wrote his "Letters" in opposition to the Townshend Acts by which the British Parliament in 1767 proposed to reorganize colonial customs. The publication of the "Letters" was, as Philip Davidson believes, "the most brilliant literary event of the entire Revolution." Forrest McDonald adds, "Their impact and their circulation were unapproached by any publication of the revolutionary period except Thomas Paine's "Common Sense."" Lee wrote in 1787 as an Anti-Federalist, and his "Letters" gained, as Charles Warren has noted, "much more widespread circulation and influence" than even the heralded "Federalist Papers." Both sets of "Letters" deal, McDonald points out, "with the same question: the never-ending problem of the distribution of power in a broad and complex federal system." The Liberty Fund second edition includes a new preface by the editor in which he responds to research since the original edition of 1962.Forrest McDonald is Professor of History at the University of Alabama and author also of "E Pluribus Unum, " among other works. 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xCauses 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAmerica$xAdministration 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAmerica$xEconomic policy 676 $a973.3/11 701 2$aDickinson$b John$f1732-1808.$0238885 701 $aLee$b Richard Henry$f1732-1794.$01867793 701 $aMcDonald$b Forrest$0528898 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965210603321 996 $aEmpire and nation$94475505 997 $aUNINA