Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meeting, Nov. 20, 1772 Old South Leaflets no. 173 (Boston: Directors of the Old South Work, 1906) 7: 417-428. Hanover Historical Texts Project Benjamin Franklin's Preface to the English Edition Editor's Notes and Comments I. Natural Rights of the Colonists as Men. Among the natural rights ...

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