Constitutional History of the American Revolution

Notes

NOTES HISTORIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE 1 [Wells,] Political Reflections, p. 3. 2 See, e.g., Smith, "David Ramsay." 3 See, e.g., Bancroft, History. 4 Fisher, True History, p. 9. 5 See post, pp. 97-99. 6 Becker, History of Political Parties. 7 Schlesinger, ''American Revolution." 8 Smith, "David Ramsay," p. 70. 9 See, e.g., Brown, "Economic Democracy." 10 See, e.g., Brown, "Democracy." 11 Brown, "Revolution as Conservative Movement," p. 72. 12 Bailyn, "Revolution and Enlightenment," p. 93. 13 Main, Social Structure, pp. 68, 163. 14 Billias, "Introduction," p. 6. 15 Colbourn, Lamp of Experience, p. 19l. 16 Rossiter, "Shaping American Tradition," p. 533. 17 Appleby, "Different Independence," p. 26l. 18 Greene, "Changing Interpretations," p. 172. 19 Authority to Legislate, pp. 17-33. 20 Wood, "Rhetoric and Reality," p. 69. NOTES TO PAGES xii-6 21 Authority to Legislate, pp. 79, 120-21; Authority of Law, pp. 156-59. 22 Wood, "Rhetoric and Reality," p. 71. 23 Bailyn, Pamphlets, p. 26. 24 Wood, "Rhetoric and Reality," pp. 71, 62. 25 Blackstone, Commentaries 3:254-55. 26 Bailyn, Pamphlets, p. 294. 27 Bloch, "Constitution and Culture," p. 55l. 28 Appleby, "Different Independence," p. 262. 29 Williams, "Book Review," p. 192. 30 Shalhope, Roots of Democracy, p. 40. 31 Kerber, "Revolutionary Generation," p. 29. 32 Cornell, "Early American History," p. 34l. 33 See generally, Greene, Peripheries and Center. 34 See post, p. 77-78. 35 Morgan, ''American Revolution," p. 5l. 36 Authority of Law, pp. 156-57. 37 Smith, "David Ramsay," p. 72. JURISPRUDENTIAL PREFACE 1 Protest of the Lords, 11 May 1774, Proceedings and Debates 4:419. 2 Wood, Creation, p. 11 (Authority to Tax, pp. 3-4). 3 Authority to Tax, pp. 3-4. 4 Bell v. Burlington, 34 Ontario 619, 622 (1915) (per Riddell, J.). 5 [Butler,] Standing Army, p. 27; Anon., Budget Inscribed, p. 4n (Authority to Tax, p. 5). 6 Speech of Edmund Burke, Commons Debates, 31 January 1770, Burke Writings 2:235. 7 For example, see In a Defiant Stance; In a Rebellious Spirit; In Defiance ofthe Law; "In a Defensive Rage." CHAPTER ONE: THE AUTHORITY OF THE CONSTITUTION 1 Handlin, Popular Sources, p. 153; They Preached Liberty, p. 171 (Authority of Rights, pp. 5-6). 2 Political Register 7 (1770): 152; [Hartley,] Appeal to Juries, p. 4 (Authority of Rights, p. 6). 3 Aldridge, "Paine and Dickinson," p. 135 (Authority of Rights, p. 6). 4 For an extensive discussion of these rights, see Authority of Rights, passim. 5 In Defiance of the Law, pp. 32-49. 6 "Jurisprudence of Liberty," pp. 147-23l. 7 Hale, "Reflections," p. 507; [Burnet,] Submission to Supream Authority, p. 3; Davis, Reports, "Preface," p. 3 (Authority to Tax, p. 184). 8 [Wood,] Institute of the Laws, pp. 9-10; Anon., Examination of the Legality, pp. 4-5 (Authority to Tax, p. 185). NOTES TO PAGES 7-14 131 9 Jenkins, Works, p. 34; "L.," Letter to G{renvilleJ, pp. 35-36 (Authority to Tax, pp. 185-86). 10 Anon., Arguments to Prove, pp. 7-8 (Authority to Legislate, p. 153). 11 Pocock, Politics, p. 226 (Authority to Legislate, pp. 153-54). 12 New London Gazette, 20 September 1765, reprinted in Boston Evening-Post, 14 October 1765, p. 1, col. 2 (Authority ofRights, p. 97). 13 Jenkins, Works ofJudge Jenkins, p. l28; Gentleman's MagaZine 35 (1765): 558 [sic) 570; Anon., Licentiousness Unrn.ask'd, p. 27 (Authority ofRights, p. 98). 14 Speech of Sir George Moore, Commons Debates, 15 December 1621, [Nicholas,) Proceedings of1620-21, 2: 330; Hawles, Englishman's Right, pp. 28, 39 (Authority of Rights, p. 98). 15 Speech ofthe Lord Mayor, 12 April 1770, Political Register 6 (1770): 303 (Authority ofRights, pp. 99-100). 16 Lucas, Divelina Libera, p. 5; Speech of Sir Edward Coke, 3 April 1628, Conference of Both Houses, p. 69; Howard, Roadfrom Runnymede, p. 89 (quoting Penn) (Authority ofRights, p. 100). 17 Protestation of5 June 1628, Commons Debates 1628, 4:133 (Authority ofRights, p. 100). Similarly, see Concept of Liberty, pp. 23-25. 18 [Fitch et al.,) Reasons Why, p. 26 (Authority of Rights, pp. 66-67). 19 Anon., Fair Trial, p. 75; Johnson, Notes on Pastoral, p. 61; Anon., Observations upon the AuthOrity, p. 33; Anon., Conduct ofMansfield, pp. 4-5 (Authority ofRights, p. 67). 20 Cohen, "Revolution and Natural Law," pp. 498-99 (quoting John Adams); "To the Inhabitants of Salem," 11 July 1768, Scots MagaZine 30 (1768): 523...