The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams

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Write_ i-xviii.indd 7 3/30/12 1:55 PM CoNTENTS fOREWORD !X ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XVll EDIToR's NoTE XVlll I. EssAYS AND CoNTROVERSIAL PAPERS oF THE REVOLUTION 2. A DISSERTATION ON THE CANON AND FEUDAL LAW 19 3· INSTRUCTIONS oF THE TowN OF BRAINTREE TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, I 7 65 37 4· THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO WILLIAM P YM, Nos . I, n, AND III 43 5· GovERNOR WINTHROP TO GovERNOR BRADFORD, Nos. I AND n 57 Write_ i-xviii.indd 8 3/30/12 1:55 PM CoNTENTS 6. THE INDEPENDENCE oF THE JuDICIARY; A CoNTROVERSY BETWEEN WILLIAM BRATTLE AND JoHN ADAMS 73 7· Two REPLIES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO GovERNOR HuTCHINSON II7 8. NovANGLus; OR, A HISTORY OF THE DISPUTE WITH AMERICA, FROM ITs ORIGIN, IN 1754, TO THE PRESENT TIME 147 9· THOUGHTS ON GovERNMENT: APPLICABLE TO THE PRESENT STATE oF THE AMERICAN CoLONIES 285 IO. THE REPORT oF A CoNSTITUTION, oR FoRM oF GovERNMENT, FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 295 INDEX ...