The administration of the British colonies
By: by Thomas Pownall ...
Contributors: Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner; Boston Public Library (John Adams Library)
Edition: The sixth edition. Wherein their constitutional rights and establishments as also those disputed points in the constitutions and administration of the government of the colonies, from whence the present American war sprung, and on which the final settlement of a peace must turn are discussed and stated.
Publisher: Printed for J. Walter ...
Published: 1777
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Notes: Includes half t.p.

Errata slip pasted between p. [xi]-[1], v. 2.

Vol. 2 has added t.p.: The administration of the British colonies. Part the second. Wherein a line of government between the supreme jurisdiction of Great Britain, and the rights of the colonies is drawn, and a plan of pacification is suggested. To which is added, a postscript, being remarks on the Pennsylvania instructions, and "New essay on the constitutional power of the Parliament over the colonies" ...

A reissue of the 1774 edition with cancel half-titles and titlepages in both volumes.

First published in 1764 as 'The administration of the colonies'.

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

John Adams Library: presentation copy.

John Adams Library copy inscribed on verso of first leaf, v. 1-2: "Gov. Pownell presents as a testimony of his esteem & respects, this copy of the following work, to Mr. Adams."

ESTC, N2729

Sabin, 64819

Adams, 64-16f

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.