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A dialogue concerning the slavery of the Africans : shewing it to be the duty and interest of the American states to emancipate all their African slaves : with an address to the owners of such slaves : dedicated to the Honourable the Continental Congress : to which is prefixed, the institution of the society, in New-York, for promoting the manumission of slaves, and protecting such of them as have been, or may be, liberated
The true interest of Britain, set forth in regard to the colonies : and the only means of living in peace and harmony with them, including five different plans, for effecting this desirable event / by Jos. Tucker ... to which is added by the printer, A few more words, on the freedom of the press in America.
An humble address and earnest appeal to those respectable personages in Great-Britain and Ireland : who, by their great and permanent interest in landed property, their liberal education, elevated rank, and enlarged views, are the ablest to judge, and the fittest to decide, whether a connection with, or a separation from the continental colonies of America, be most for the national advantage, and the lasting benefit of these kingdoms
Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, the Principles of Government and the Justice Policy of the War with America. To Which is Added, An Appendix, Containing A State of the National Debt, an Estimate of the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes, and an Account of the National Income and Expenditure since the last War.
A letter to the Reverend Josiah Tucker, D.D., Dean of Glocester, in answer to his Humble address and earnest appeal, &c. with a postscript, in which the present war against America is shewn to be the effect, not of the causes assigned by him and others, but of a fixed plan of administration, founded in system : the landed opposed to the commercial interest of the state, being as the means in order to the end
American independence the interest and glory of Great Britain; : containing arguments which prove, that not only in taxation, but in trade, manufactures, and government, the colonies are entitled to an entire independency on the British legislature; and that it can only be by a formal declaration of these rights, and forming thereupon a friendly league with them, that the true and lasting welfare of both countries can be promoted. In a series of letters to the legislature.
The Origin of printing : In two essays ... : with occasional remarks, and an appendix.
An oration delivered at the state-house, in Philadelphia : to a very numerous audience; on Thursday the 1st of August, 1776
A series of answers to certain popular objections against separating from the rebellious colonies, and discarding them entirely : being the concluding tract of the Dean of Glocester, on the subject of American affairs.
Four tracts on political and commercial subjects
A further examination of our present American measures and of the reasons and the principles on which they are founded
The rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America : being an answer to the Declaration of the General Congress
An oration in memory of General Montgomery, and of the officers and soldiers, who fell with him, December 31, 1775, before Quebec : Drawn up (and delivered February 19th, 1776) At the desire of the Hounourable Continental Congress
An answer to the Declaration of the American Congress
Strictures upon the Declaration of the Congress at Philadelphia : in a letter to a noble lord, &c.