It is widely accepted that the pseudonym Americanus was used here to protect the identity of Caleb Evans, the Welsh Baptist theologian and educator. The pamphlet examines the contested matter of British taxes on the American colonies, and argues that it is possible to be devoted to the monarch and yet support the American cause. The author closes with a plea for peace, reminding Wesley that, as a minister, he should also be praying for peace.

The influential theologian John Wesley uses this pamphlet to argue for the right of the British government to tax the American colonies at will. He also asserts that American objections to a lack of representation are groundless since to be born in a nation is to “passively consent to its laws”. Wesley voices concerns that the Americans have been innocently led into rebellion by the machinations of English anti-monarchists.

In keeping with its name, this “Conciliatory Address” seeks to persuade both Britain and America toward peace by reminding both parties of their mutual duties to one another as well as of the great benefits to be had by remaining connected.

In The Social Order, Jacques Rueff—one of France’s most distinguished twentieth-century economists—delivers a penetrating analysis of how monetary and fiscal policy shape not only economic outcomes but the very fabric of social life. Originally published at a moment of great monetary upheaval and now available in English for the first time, Rueff’s magnum opus remains highly relevant for understanding today’s persistent inflation, debt crises, and economic disorder.

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

In late 1667 or early 1668, after he had returned to England from a second trip to Italy, Neville wrote the first of the two works on which his reputation now rests. The Isle of Pines (1668) is at initial glance a slight, even salacious, shipwreck fantasy in which a fictional Elizabethan castaway, George Pines, and four female co-survivors populate a luxuriant tropical island with a thriving community that eventually numbers almost two thousand. Like Harrington before him, Neville plays with the island trope and flirts with political implication, although it is unclear quite how serious and profound these implications are intended to be.

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

This pamphlet is a part of The Pamphlet Debate on the American Question in Great Britain, 1764-1776: A Digital Collection, edited by Jack P. Greene.

The anonymous author of this Inquiry proposes to apply the science of legislation to the American question. He hopes to use what he calls “the fundamentals of legislation” in order to determine not the limits of what is permissible for either side, but what is best for both sides.