An Humble Address and Earnest Appeal to Those Respectable Personages in Great-Britain and Ireland, Who, by Their Great and Permanent Interest in Landed Property, Their Liberal Education, Elevated Rank, and Enlarged Views, Are the Ablest to Judge, and the Fittest to Decide, Whether a Connection with, Or a Separation from the Continental Colonies of America, Be Most for the National Advantage, and the Lasting Benefit of These Kingdoms

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AN

HUMBLE ADDRESS

AND

EARNEST APPEAL

TO

THOSE RESPECTABLE PERSONAGES IN GREAT-BRITAIN AND IRELAND,

WHO,

BY THEIR GREAT AND PERMANENT INTEREST IN LANDED PROPERTY, THEIR LIBERAL EDUCATION, ELEVATED RANK, AND ENLARGED VIEWS, ARE THE ABLEST TO JUDGE, AND THE FITTEST TO DECIDE,

WHETHER A

CONNECTION WITH, OR A SEPARATION FROM

THE

CONTINENTAL COLONIES OF AMERICA, BE MOST FOR THE NATIONAL ADVANTAGE, AND THE LASTING BENEFIT OF THESE KINGDOMS.

Suis et ipsa Roma viribus ruit. Hor.

BY JOSIAH TUCKER, D. D. DEAN OF GLOCESTER.

GLOCESTER: PRINTED BY R. RAIKES; AND SOLD BY T. CADELL, in the STRAND, LONDON. M.DCC.LXXV.

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