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DUMMER, Jeremiah (1645-1718). A Defence of the New-England Charters. Boston: Reprinted by S. Kneeland for S. Gerrish and D. Henchman, 1721.
4o (206 x 137 mm). 44 pages. (A bit browned, some pale dampstaining, edges chipped.) Stabbed and sewn; black quarter morocco slipcase.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Dummer was a colonial agent for Massachusetts and Connecticut. Born in Boston, he saw little business opportunity there and moved to London. "Notable contribution to colonial political thought, voicing the theory that, by reason of their contractual nature, these charters could not now, after the colonists had fulfilled their obligation by redeeming the wilderness, be abrogated and government restored to the Crown" (Howes). Because Dummer recommended and supported the appointment of the unpopular Samuel Shute as governor of Massachusetts, he was dismissed as colonial agent in 1721 by the Massachusetts General Court and in 1730 by Connecticut. Evans 2216; Howes D-554; Sabin 21197.
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FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Dummer was a colonial agent for Massachusetts and Connecticut. Born in Boston, he saw little business opportunity there and moved to London. "Notable contribution to colonial political thought, voicing the theory that, by reason of their contractual nature, these charters could not now, after the colonists had fulfilled their obligation by redeeming the wilderness, be abrogated and government restored to the Crown" (Howes). Because Dummer recommended and supported the appointment of the unpopular Samuel Shute as governor of Massachusetts, he was dismissed as colonial agent in 1721 by the Massachusetts General Court and in 1730 by Connecticut. Evans 2216; Howes D-554; Sabin 21197.