Note 193 — Chapter I · (continued 2)

The first is a Letter from a merchant in London to his nephew in No. America relative to the present posture of affairs in the Colonies (Lond., 1766), and the last A series of answers to certain popular objections against separating from the rebellious colonies and discarding them entirely: being the concluding tract of the Dean of Gloucester on the subject of American affairs (Gloucester, 1776). The dean's plan of separation is best unfolded, however, in his Humble Address and Ernest appeal (London, 1775; 3rd ed., corrected, 1776). The views of Tucker are given synoptically by Smyth (Lectures, ii. 392), Lecky (iii. 421), Hildreth (iii. 58). If Haven's list is correct, only two of Tucker's tracts were reprinted in the colonies. Cf. Menzies Catal., no. 1,997. The letters of Franklin and Wm. S. Johnson reflect opinions in England at this time.