A defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America : against the attack of M. Turgot in his letter to Dr. Price, dated the twenty-second day of March, 1778. / By John Adams, LL.D. president of the United States. ; [One line from Pope] ; In three volumes. Vol. I [-III].
| Author/creator | Adams, John |
| Other author | Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 illustrator. |
| Other author | Smither, James, 1741-1797, engraver. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The third edition. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed by Budd and Bartram, for William Cobbett, opposite Christ Church, 1797. |
| Description | 3 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm (8vo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31689. ^A478749 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31690. ^A478749 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31691. ^A478749 |
| General note | Half-title, v. 2: Mr. Adams's defence of the constitutions of government of the United States of America. Vol. II. |
| General note | Imprint varies. Vol. 2: Printed by H. Sweitzer for William Cobbett, opposite Christ Church. 1797.; v. 3: Printed by William Young, for William Cobbett, opposite Christ's Church. 1797. |
| General note | Vol. 1, 6, xxxiii, [2] 4-392, [2] p., 1 leaf of plates; v. 2, [6], 451, [1] p.; v. 3, [2] 528, [36] p. |
| General note | Errors in paging: v. 2, p. 441, 450 misnumbered 448, 250; v. 3, p. 504 misnumbered 509. |
| General note | Frontispiece portrait of Adams engraved by James Smither after the painting by John Singleton Copley. |
| General note | Short account of the author, v. 1, p. [3]-6, written by William Cobbett; extracted from: Morse, Jedidiah. American geography. |
| General note | "A list of subscribers."--v. 1, p. [xxiii-xxviii]. |
| General note | "Addition to the list [of subscribers]."--[1] leaf tipped in between p. [xxviii] and [xxix] of v. 1. |
| References | Evans 31689 |
| References | Evans 31690 |
| References | Evans 31691 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31689). |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31690). |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 31691). |
| Genre/form | Subscribers' lists. |