A calm address to our american colonies.
London.
Printed by R. Hawes...And Sold at the Foundry, 1775.
23pp, [1]. ESTC T19839.
[Bound after:] [WILBERFORCE, William]. The debate on a motion for the abolition of the slave-trade, in the house of commons on monday and tuesday, april 18 and 19, 1791, reported in detail. London. Printed by James Phillips, 1792. Second edition. [4], 133pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. ESTC N6876.
[And:] [WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH]. The sunday service of the methodists in the united states of america. With other Occasional Services. London. [s.n.], 1790. Fourth edition. 24pp. Defective, lacking the majority of text. ESTC T185256.
[And:] WESLEY, John. Some account of the late work of god in North-America in a sermon on Ezekiel i. 16. London. Printed by R. Hawes, 1778. First edition. 23pp, [1]. ESTC T16608.
[And:] FLETCHER, John. A vindication of the Rev. Br. wesley's "calm address to our american colonies:" In some letters To Mr. caleb evans... London. Printed: and sold at the Foundry, [1776?]. 70pp. Without half-title. ESTC T26110.
[Bound before:] CHALMERS, [Thomas]. [Drop-head title:] Christian union. Address of the rev. dr. chalmers at the bicentenary commemoration of the westminster assembly, july 13, 1843. [London]. [Macintosh], [1843]. 12pp.
[And:] An answer to the inquiry, why are you a dissenter from the church of england? In a letter to a friend. Harlow. Printed by B. Flower, 1812. Fifth edition with additions. 28pp.
[And:] WESLEY, Rev. John. The character of a methodist. London. Printed at the Conference Office...by Thomas Cordeux, 1817. 12pp.
[And:] [WESLEY, John]. Directions for renewing our covenant with god. London. Printed and sold at the New Chapel, City Road; and at the rev. Mr. Wesley's Preaching-Houses in Town and Country, 1787. Fourth edition. 23pp, [1]. ESTC T31873.
12mo. Modern red library cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Library labels of the General Theological Seminary to pastedowns, with their ink-stamp to title page of first mentioned work, naive clear tape repairs to gutters of three terminal leaves of final mentioned work.
[Bound after:] [WILBERFORCE, William]. The debate on a motion for the abolition of the slave-trade, in the house of commons on monday and tuesday, april 18 and 19, 1791, reported in detail. London. Printed by James Phillips, 1792. Second edition. [4], 133pp, [3]. With a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. ESTC N6876.
[And:] [WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH]. The sunday service of the methodists in the united states of america. With other Occasional Services. London. [s.n.], 1790. Fourth edition. 24pp. Defective, lacking the majority of text. ESTC T185256.
[And:] WESLEY, John. Some account of the late work of god in North-America in a sermon on Ezekiel i. 16. London. Printed by R. Hawes, 1778. First edition. 23pp, [1]. ESTC T16608.
[And:] FLETCHER, John. A vindication of the Rev. Br. wesley's "calm address to our american colonies:" In some letters To Mr. caleb evans... London. Printed: and sold at the Foundry, [1776?]. 70pp. Without half-title. ESTC T26110.
[Bound before:] CHALMERS, [Thomas]. [Drop-head title:] Christian union. Address of the rev. dr. chalmers at the bicentenary commemoration of the westminster assembly, july 13, 1843. [London]. [Macintosh], [1843]. 12pp.
[And:] An answer to the inquiry, why are you a dissenter from the church of england? In a letter to a friend. Harlow. Printed by B. Flower, 1812. Fifth edition with additions. 28pp.
[And:] WESLEY, Rev. John. The character of a methodist. London. Printed at the Conference Office...by Thomas Cordeux, 1817. 12pp.
[And:] [WESLEY, John]. Directions for renewing our covenant with god. London. Printed and sold at the New Chapel, City Road; and at the rev. Mr. Wesley's Preaching-Houses in Town and Country, 1787. Fourth edition. 23pp, [1]. ESTC T31873.
12mo. Modern red library cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Library labels of the General Theological Seminary to pastedowns, with their ink-stamp to title page of first mentioned work, naive clear tape repairs to gutters of three terminal leaves of final mentioned work.
A coherent sammelband of pamphlets concerning Wesleyan methodism, including an early edition - printed in the same year as the first - of Anglican clergyman and founder of Methodism John Wesley's (1703-1791) vehement condemnation of America; an unacknowledged abridgement of Samuel Johnson's Taxation No Tyranny (London, 1775).
The 1770s were turbulent years in the American colonies, which were edging towards independence from Britain. John Wesley ventured squarely into American politics with publishing his A calm address to our American colonies. The booklet reversed his position of a year earlier on British oppression of the colonies and brought him down on the side of the British government and clergy, arguing for the legitimacy of taxing the Americans.
The pamphlet went through many editions immediately and over 100,000 copies circulated within a year. Not surprisingly, Wesley was vilified in America. It has been argued that the fact that America closed its ports to English ships - and books - on 20th July, 1775 may have saved the cause of Methodism in America. The copies of the pamphlet which had entered already were largely destroyed, and no further copies found their way into the country until after the conflict.
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The 1770s were turbulent years in the American colonies, which were edging towards independence from Britain. John Wesley ventured squarely into American politics with publishing his A calm address to our American colonies. The booklet reversed his position of a year earlier on British oppression of the colonies and brought him down on the side of the British government and clergy, arguing for the legitimacy of taxing the Americans.
The pamphlet went through many editions immediately and over 100,000 copies circulated within a year. Not surprisingly, Wesley was vilified in America. It has been argued that the fact that America closed its ports to English ships - and books - on 20th July, 1775 may have saved the cause of Methodism in America. The copies of the pamphlet which had entered already were largely destroyed, and no further copies found their way into the country until after the conflict.
