Empire and Nation

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Empire i-xvi.indd 1 7/9/11 9:49 PM EMPIRE AND NATION Empire i-xvi.indd 2 7/9/11 9:49 PM Empire i-xvi.indd 3 7/9/11 9:49 PM EMPIRE AND NATION Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania JoHN DicKINSON Letters from the Federal Farmer RICHARD HENRY LEE Second Edition EDITED BY FoRREST McDoN A LD LIBERTY FUND INDIANAPOLIS Empire i-xvi.indd 4 7/9/11 9:49 PM This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society offree and responsible individuals. ~~ The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motif for our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom" (amagi), or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash.© 1999 by Liberty Fund, Inc. All rights reserved First published in 1962 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Empire and nation I edited by Forrest McDonald.-2nd ed. p. em. Contents: Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania I John Dickinson -Letters from the Federal farmer I Richard Henry Lee. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN o-86597-202-8 (alk. paper).-ISBN o-86597-203-6 (pbk. alk. paper) r. United States- History- Revolution, 1775- 1783- Causes. 2. Great Britain- Colonies-America- Administration. 3· Great Britain-Colonies-America-Economic policy. 4· United States. Constitution. 5· United States. Constitutional Convention (r787) I. Dickinson, John, 1732-r8o8. Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania. II. Lee, Richard Henry, 1732-1794· III. McDonald, Forrest. E215·5·E4 1999 973-3'u-dc2r 04 03 02 OI 00 C 6 5 4 3 2 03 02 or oo 99 P 5 4 3 2 r Liberty Fund, Inc. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN 4625o-r684 ...