REGULATIONS LATELY MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE COLONIES : AND THE TAXES IMPOSED UPON THEM, CONSIDERED
London, England: J. Wilkie in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and may be had at the Pamphlet-Shops at the Royal-Exchange, and Charing-Cross, 1765. First Edition. Pamphlet. Removed from a book of pamphlets. Octavo. 3-114 pp. 7 7/8 in. X 5 in. Lacks title and half-title. (last leaf detached, and present) with horizontal closed tear. Apart from some rubbing and smudges to first and last pages of the text, all pages are bright and supple.
A scarce and important pamphlet dealing with the Stamp Act, laying out the British right to tax the colonies in any fashion desired, justified by claiming said colonies enjoyed full representation in Parliament. "Erroneously attributed to Lord George Grenville [who is named as author in the Third (1775) edition] John Campbell and John Dickinson, but widely acknowledge most likely penned by Thomas Whately, Grenville's junior secretary. Its true "...authorship was revealed in a letter written by Whately to John Temple, 14 Aug. 1766.". Howes W-311; The American Controversy 65-27a. Good. Item #83816
Thomas Whately (1726-1772) was an extremely well connected politician who was "considered an able and rising young man" and in 1762, became George Grenville's private secretary and rose concomitantly with Grenville's own star. "He was charged with the administration's developing colonial policy, and he played a dominant role in the final framing of the American Revenue Act of 1764 and the controversial American Stamp Act of 1765. He ably defended the administration in two publications, Remarks on the Budgeet" and [this] more important THE REGULATIONS LATELY MADE CONCERNING THE COLONIES, both published in January 1765. He never deviated from his declared opinions, and consequently many Americans in London came to see him as their arch-foe..." (ODNB article/Rory Cornish).
Price: $2,250.00