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"THE RIGHT OF THE MOTHER COUNTRY TO IMPOSE SUCH A DUTY UPON HER COLONIES… CANNOT BE QUESTIONED"

(STAMP ACT) (WHATELY, Thomas). Regulations Lately Made concerning the Colonies… London, 1765.

First edition of the anonymously issued Regulations by secretary of the Treasury Whately—an "arch-foe" of American patriots—proclaiming Britain's right to tax Americans in the same year's infamous Stamp Act, also importantly drafted by Whately, here sparking colonial outrage and a key opposing work by America's Daniel Dulany, putting the "colonies on the road to revolution." $4500.

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"WHERE MEN… PERVERT THEIR POWER TO TYRANNICAL PURPOSES; SUBMISSION… IS A CRIME": RARE FIRST EDITION OF LEADING BOSTON PASTOR ANDREW ELIOT'S 1765 SERMON DELIVERED BARELY TWO MONTHS AFTER PASSAGE OF THE STAMP ACT

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) (STAMP ACT) ELIOT, Andrew. Sermon Preached before… Francis Bernard. Boston, 1765.

First edition of the influential Boston pastor's most famous and most controversial work, his May 29, 1765 Election Day Sermon delivered two months after passage of the incendiary Stamp Act—boldly proclaiming "when tyranny is abroad 'submission… is a crime'"—one of only 700 copies published. $3800.

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"WHERE MEN… PERVERT THEIR POWER TO TYRANNICAL PURPOSES; SUBMISSION… IS A CRIME": RARE FIRST EDITION OF LEADING BOSTON PASTOR ANDREW ELIOT'S 1765 SERMON DELIVERED BARELY TWO MONTHS AFTER PASSAGE OF THE STAMP ACT

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION) (STAMP ACT) ELIOT, Andrew. Sermon Preached before… Francis Bernard. Boston, 1765.

First edition of the influential Boston pastor's most famous and most controversial work, his May 29, 1765 Election Day Sermon delivered two months after passage of the incendiary Stamp Act—boldly proclaiming "when tyranny is abroad 'submission… is a crime'"—one of only 700 copies published. $3800.

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