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• The case of the double alliance versus the triple entente. (The Times, 1910), by James M. Beck (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The United Empire Loyalists (s.n., 1893), by W. O. Raymond (page images at HathiTrust)
• The grievances of the American colonies candidly examined (Reprinted for J. Almon ..., 1766), by Stephen Hopkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• The controversy between Great Britain and her colonies reviewed the several pleas of the colonies, in support of their right to all the liberties and privileges of British subjects, and to exemption from the legislative authority of Parliament, stated and considered ; and the nature of their connection with, and dependence on, Great Britain, shewn, upon the evidence of historical facts and authentic records. (Printed for J. Almon ..., 1769), by William Knox, Thomas Whately, John Mein, and George Grenville (page images at HathiTrust)
• An essay on the constitutional power of Great-Britain over the colonies in America with the resolves of the Committee for the province of Pennsylvania, and their instructions to their representatives in assembly. (Printed and sold, by William and Thomas Bradford ..., 1774), by John Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• An enquiry, whether the guilt of the present civil war in America, ought to be imputed to Great Britain or to America (Printed for John Donaldson ..., 1776), by John Roebuck (page images at HathiTrust)
• The rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America being an answer to the Declaration of the general Congress. (Printed for T. Cadell ..., 1776), by James Macpherson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks on the conduct of opposition with regard to America shewing their inconsistency by a short view of their own measures. (T. Cadell ..., 1777) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thoughts on the present state of affairs with America and the means of conciliation (Printed for J. Dodsley ... and T. Cadell ..., 1778), by William Pulteney (page images at HathiTrust)
• An examination into the conduct of the present administration, from the year 1774 to the year 1778, and a plan of accomodation with America (Printed for J. Almon ..., 1779), by Member of Parliament (page images at HathiTrust)
• The respective pleas and arguments of the mother country and of the colonies, distinctly set forth and the impossibility of a compromise of differences or a mutual concession of rights, plainly demonstrated : with a prefatory epistle to the plenipotentiaries of the late congress at Philadelphia (Printed by R. Raikes :, 1776), by Josiah Tucker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The respective pleas and arguments of the mother country and of the colonies, distinctly set forth and the impossibility of a compromise of differences or a mutual concession of rights, plainly demonstrated : with a prefatory epistle to the plenipotentiaries of the late congress at Philadelphia (Printed by R. Raikes : and sold by T. Cadell ... and J. Walter ... London, 1775), by Josiah Tucker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Political essays (Hews & Goss, 1819), by John Adams, Daniel Leonard, William Tudor, and Roger De Coverly (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter to the Right Honourable Wills, Earl of Hillsborough on the connection between Great Britain and her American colonies (Printed for T. Becket ... and J. Almon ..., 1768), by George Canning (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historical and political reflections on the rise and progress of the American rebellion in which the causes of that rebellion are pointed out, and the policy and necessity of offering to the Americans a system of government founded in the principles of the British constitution, are clearly demonstrated (Printed for G. Wilkie ..., 1780), by Joseph Galloway (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Camden on the bill for restraining the trade and fishery of the four provinces of New England (Printed for T. Cadell ..., 1775) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter to a member of Parliament, wherein the power of the British legislature, and the case of the colonists, are briefly and impartially considered (Printed for W. Flexney ..., 1765), by William Knox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reflections on the rise, progress, and probable consequences of the present contentions with the colonies ([s.n.], 1776), by John Erskine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lettres de Monsieur le marquis de Montcalm, gouverneur-general en Canada a Messieurs de Berryer & de La Molé, ecrites dans les années 1757; 1758, & 1759 : avec une version angloise. (Chez J. Almon ..., 1777), by Pierre Joseph Antoine Roubaud, Louis-Joseph Montcalm, and Nicolas-René Berryer (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Collection of interesting, authentic papers relative to the dispute between Great Britain and America shewing the causes and progress of that misunderstanding from 1764 to 1775. (Printed for J. Almon ..., 1777), by John Almon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thoughts on the present state of affairs with America and the means of conciliation (Printed for J. Dodsley ... and T. Cadell ..., 1778), by William Pulteney (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Declaration by the representatives of the United Colonies of North-America met in general congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms : also, an address from the twelve United Colonies, by their delegates in Congress, to the inhabitants of Great-Britain. (Printed by W. and T. Bradford, and Devizes, re- printed by T. Burrough, 1775), by United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• The rights of Great Britain asserted against the claims of America being an answer to the Declaration of the general Congress. (Printed for T. Cadell ..., 1776), by James Macpherson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Letters of Governor Hutchinson, and Lieutenant Governor Oliver, & c. printed at Boston and remarks thereon, with the Assembly's address, and the proceedings of the Lords Committee of Council; together with the substance of Mr. Wedderburn's speech relating to those letters. (Printed for W. Gilbert ..., 1774), by Andrew Oliver, Israel Mauduit, and Thomas Hutchinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reflections on the rise and progress of the American rebellion (Printed by J. Paramore ..., 1780), by Joseph Galloway (page images at HathiTrust)
• A declaration by the representatives of the United Colonies of North-America now met in general congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms; also, an address from the twelve United Colonies by their delegates in Congress, to the inhabitants of Great-Britain. (Philadelphia, printed by Wm. and Tho. Bradford, and Bristol, reprinted by W. Pine, 1775), by United States Continental Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new essay (by the Pennsylvanian farmer) on the constitutional power of Great-Britain over the colonies in America; with the resolves of the committee for the province of Pennsylvania, and their instructions to the representatives in assembly. (Philadelphia printed, London re-printed for J. Almon ..., 1774), by John Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• An examination into the conduct of the present administration, from the year 1774 to the year 1778, and a plan of accomodation with America (Printed for J. Almon ..., 1778), by Member of Parliament (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dialogues pittoresques dans lesquels on developpe la cause des evenemens actuels, la politique et les interets des puissances de l'Europe relativement a cette guerre et les suites qu'elle devrait avoir pour le bonheur de l'humanité (Printed for J. Bew ..., 1780), by A.-M. Cerisier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Un prophète de la Révolution américaine (s.n., 1910), by Edmond J.-P. Buron (page images at HathiTrust)

• Observations on the dispute between the United States and France (Philadelphia printed, London reprinted by direction of the editor, at the Philanthropic Reform ..., and sold by Debrett, Wright and Hatchard [and 7 others] ... except John Stockdale ..., 1798), by Robert Goodloe Harper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on the dispute between the United States and France addressed by Robert Goodloe Harper, Esq. one of the representatives in Congress for the state of South Carolina, to his constituents, in May, 1797. (London: reprinted, by direction of the editor, at the Philantropic Reform, London ...;, 1798), by Robert Goodloe Harper (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations on the dispute between the United States and France addressed by Robert Goodloe Harper, Esq. one of the delegates of South Carolina, a state, at one time, the most devoted to the French interests of any in the Union; to his constituents, in May, 1797. (Philadelphia printed, Dublin, re-printed by P. Byrne ..., 1798), by Robert Goodloe Harper (page images at HathiTrust)

• The cause and commencement of the war between Great Britain and America in 1812 read before the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec on the 23rd December, 1879 (s.n.], 1880), by James Stevenson (page images at HathiTrust)
• An exposition of the causes and character of the war between the United States and Great Britain (Printed by Isaac and Walter R. Hill, 1815), by Alexander James Dallas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Peace or war? or, Thoughts on our affairs with England (Published by Matthias Ward, bookseller ..., 1807), by James Cheetham (page images at HathiTrust)
• An exposition of the causes and character of the late war with Great Britain (Reprinted and published by W.I. Clement ..., 1815), by Alexander James Dallas (page images at HathiTrust)
• An exposition of the causes and character of the late war (Printed and published by Thomas G. Bangs ..., 1815), by Alexander James Dallas (page images at HathiTrust)
• An exposition of the causes and character of the late war with G. Britain ([s.n.], 1815), by Alexander James Dallas (page images at HathiTrust)
• The olive branch, or, Faults on both sides, Federal and Democratic a serious appeal on the necessity of mutual forgiveness and harmony, to save our common country from ruin (Reprinted by Rowe and Hooper, 1815), by Mathew Carey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manifeste du gouvernement américain, (10 février 1815), ou Causes et caractère de la dernière guerre d'Amérique avec l'Angleterre (ouvrage imprimé à Washington à un million d'exemplaires) (Chez Plancher, editeur ... Eymery, libraire ... Delaunay, libraire ..., 1816), by Alexander James Dallas and James Madison (page images at HathiTrust)
• An exposition of the causes and character of the late war with G. Britain (Printed and published by W.I. Clement ..., 1815), by Alexander James Dallas (page images at HathiTrust)
• An exposition of the causes and character of the late war between the United States and Great-Britain (Printed and published by William Slade, Jun. ..., 1815), by Alexander James Dallas (page images at HathiTrust)
• An exposition of the causes and character of the war (Printed by Roger Chew Weightman, 1815), by Alexander James Dallas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Faults on both sides, federal and democratic (Printed and published by M. Carey and Son, 1818), by Mathew Carey (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter from the Hon. Timothy Pickering, a senator of the United States from the state of Massachusetts exhibiting to his constituents a view of the imminent danger of an unnecessary and ruinous war, addressed to His Excellency James Sullivan, governor of the said state (Printed by Greenough and Stebbins, 1808), by Timothy Pickering (page images at HathiTrust)
• Message from the president of the United States to both houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the twelfth Congress (A. & G. Way ... , 1811), by James Madison and United States. President (1809-1817 : Madison) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report, or manifesto of the causes and reasons of war with Great Britain presented to the House of Representatives by the Committee of Foreign Relations. (A. & G. Way, printers, 1812), by United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• A discourse delivered on Middleborough, Mass., August 20, 1812 being the day of the national fast (Printed by Samuel T. Armstrong ..., 1812), by Joseph Barker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The origin and progress of the present difficulties between the United States and Great Britain and France considered together with some reflections arising out of the subject (Printed for the purchaser, 1809), by Citizen of Otsego County (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts and documents relating to the state of the controversy between America and Great Britain and the dispositions of the two cabinets to make peace (True & Rowe, printers, 1813), by A friend of truth and of honorable peace (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of the Hon. James Emott in the House of Representatives of the United States delivered the 12th January, 1813, on the bill in addition to the act entitled "An act to raise an additional military force" and for other purposes. (Printed by J. Seymour ..., 1813), by James Emott (page images at HathiTrust)

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