The genuine principles of the ancient Saxon, or English Constitution. Carefully collected from the best authorities; with some observations, on their peculiar fitness, for the united colonies in general, and Pennsylvania in particular. / By Demophilus. ; [Four lines of quotations]

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Demophilus.; Ramsay, Allan, 1713-1784. Historical essay on the English Constitution. and United States. Declaration of Independence., 2011, The genuine principles of the ancient Saxon, or English Constitution. Carefully collected from the best authorities; with some observations, on their peculiar fitness, for the united colonies in general, and Pennsylvania in particular. / By Demophilus. ; [Four lines of quotations], CLARIN DSpace, http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/N11656.

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dc.contributor	Text Creation Partnership,
dc.contributor.author	Demophilus.
dc.contributor.author	Ramsay, Allan, 1713-1784. Historical essay on the English Constitution.
dc.contributor.author	United States. Declaration of Independence.
dc.coverage.placeName	Philadelphia
dc.date.accessioned	2018-05-25
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-22T19:16:22Z
dc.date.available	2022-08-22T19:16:22Z
dc.date.created	1776
dc.date.issued	2011-05
dc.description.abstract	"I have thought it my duty to collect some sentiments from a certain very scarce book, entitled an Historical essay on the English Constitution [by Allan Ramsay], and publish them, with whatever improving observations our differing circumstances may suggest ..."--p. 4. "Pages 41-46 contain the Declaration of Independence. As the advertisement at the end is dated July 8, 1776, this is probably the first publication of the Declaration in book form made."--Evans. Running title: The English Constitution. Publisher's prospectus, p. [47].
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/N11656
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	University of Oxford
dc.relation.ispartof	Evans-TCP
dc.rights	This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Evans Early American Imprints Text Creation Partnership (Evans-TCP). This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal. The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
dc.rights.label	PUB
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subject.lcsh	Constitutional history -- Great Britain.
dc.subject.lcsh	Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
dc.subject.lcsh	United States -- Politics and government -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
dc.subject.lcsh	Prospectuses.
dc.title	The genuine principles of the ancient Saxon, or English Constitution. Carefully collected from the best authorities with some observations, on their peculiar fitness, for the united colonies in general, and Pennsylvania in particular. / By Demophilus. [Four lines of quotations]
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local.identifier.stc	Evans 14734
local.language.name	English
otaterms.date.range	1700-1799

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