John Adams's signature on title page: "John Adams." Toland's dedication.--His preface.--The life of James Harrington.--The grounds and reasons of monarchy considered, by John Hall.--The commonwealth of Oceana.--The perogative of popular government.--The art of lawgiving.--A word concerning a house of peers.--Valerius and Publicola.--A system of politics delineated in short and easy aphorisms.--Political aphorismus.--Seven models of a commonwealth.--The ways and means whereby an equal and lasting commonwealth may be suddenly introduced, and perfectly founded, with the free consent and actual confirmation of the whole people of England.--The humble petition of divers well-affected persons.--Appendix, containing all the political tracts ... omitted in Mr. Toland's edition

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894

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