Title: The key of libberty : shewing the cawses why a free government has always failed, & a reamidy against it, adresed to the republicans, farmers, mecanicks & labourers in America / by a labourer :
Authors: Manning, William, 1747-1814.; Adams, Thomas, -approximately 1798,; Adams, Abijah, 1754?-1816,
Year: 1797
Subjects: Democracy United States Citizen participation.; Working class United States Early works to 1800.; United States Politics and government
Abstract: Three varying copies of a treatise concerning democracy and the need for a politically informed labor class; two copies of the "Constitution of the Labouring Society," which makes up a part of The key of libberty; and drafts or copies of letters, addressed to "Mr. Addams," concerning publishing The key of libberty, and various editorial comments on contemporary politics.