1775 LIBRARY OF AMERICAN FREEDOMS. 36 Volumes - George Washington, Revolution, de Tocqueville, Constitution, & .

A very attractive and nicely preserved issue of classic texts relevant to the Civil and Religious Liberty concerns that led to and helped establish and build the United States of America. 

The collection contains foundational works by / about the United States Constitution, George Washington, Federalism, Alexis do Tocqueville, Advocacy of Free Speech, The Boston Massacre, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Jefferson, Religious Liberty, On Tyranny, &c. 

Issued from 2000 to c.2014. All in very attractive trade leather and looking quite nice on the shelf. 

Volumes included:

Fisher, Sydney George. The Evolution of the Constitution of the United States Showing that it is a Development of Progressive History and Not an isolated Document Struck Off at a Given Time or an Imitation of English or Dutch Forms of Government. Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott Company. 1897. 398pp.

Ford, Henry James. Washington and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of Federalism. New Haven. Yale University Press. 1921. 235pp.

Harrison, Benjamin. This Country of Ours by Benjamin Harrison Ex-President of the United States. Third Edition. New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1896. 330pp.

Tocqueville, Alexis De & Reeve, Henry [Trans]. Democracy in America. By Alexis De Tocqueville, Avocat a La Cour Royale De Paris, Ect., Etc. Translated by Henry Reeve, Esq. With an Original Preface and Notes, by John C, Spencer, Counsellor at Law. New York. Adlard and Saunders. 1838. 464pp.

Rawle, William. A View of the Constitution of the United States of America. Second Edition. Philadelphia. Philip H. Nicklin, Law Bookseller. 1829. 349pp.

McLaughlin, Andrew C. A Constitutional History of the United States. By Andrew C. McLaughlin Professor Emeritus of History University of Chicago. Vol. 1-2. New York. D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated. 1936. 833pp.

Smyth, Clifford. Daniel Webster Spokesman for the Union. By Clifford Smyth Author of "The Gilded Man: Former Editor "The International Book Review,: Etc. New York. Funk & Wagnalls Company. 1931. 175pp.

Fisher, Sydney George. The True Benjamin Franklin by Sydney George Fisher Author of "Men, Women, and Manners in Colonial Times,"  "The Making of Pennsylvania," "The Evolution of the Constitution," Etc. Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott Company. 1900. 363pp.

Spencer, Herbert & Beale, Truxtun [Ed.]. The Man Versus The State. A Collection of Essays by Herbert Spencer. Edited by Truxtun Beale with Critical and Interpretive Comments by William Howard Taft, Charles W. Eliot Elihu Root, Henry Cabot Lodge, David Jayne Hill, Nicholas Murray Butler, E. H. Gary, Harlan F. Stone, Augustus P. Gardner. New York. Mitchell Kennerley. 1916. 357pp.

Hulbert, Archer B. The Paths of Inland Commerce A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway. New Haven. Yale University Press. 1921. 211pp.

Edwards, George J., Jr. The Grand Jury: An Essay Awarded the Peter Stephen Duponceau Prize by the Law Academy of Philadelphia by George J. Edward, Jr. of the Philadelphia Bar. Philadelphia. George T. Bisel Company. 1906. 167pp.

Hirst, Fancis W. Liberty and Tyranny. London. Duckworth. 1935. 300pp.

Monroe, James. The People the Sovereigns Being A Comparison of the Government of the United States with Those of the Republics which have Existed Before, with the Causes of Their Decadence and Fall. By James Monroe Ex-President of the United States and Dedicated by the Author to his Countryman. Edited by Samuel L. Gouverneur his Grandson and Administrator. Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincot & Co. 1867. 274pp.

Douglass, Frederick. My Bondage and My Freedom. Part I. Life as a Slave. Part II. Life as a Freeman. by Frederick Douglass. With An Introduction. By Dr. James M'Cune Smith. New York. Miller, Orton & Mulligan. 1855. 370pp.

Adams, James Truslow. The Epic of America. Illustrated by M. J. Gallagher. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. 1932. 417pp.  

Austin, Frederic. The Reign of Andrew Jackson. A Chronicle of the Frontier in Politics. New Haven. Yale University Press. 1921. 249pp.

Fisher, Sydney G. The Quaker Colonies. A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaware. New Haven. Yale University Press. 1921. 244pp.

Hamilton, Alexander, Jay, John & Madison, James. The Federalist A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States Being a Collection of Essays Written in Support of the Constitution Agreed upon September 17, 1787, by the Federal Convention. From the Original Text of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison, With an Introduction by Edward Mead Earle Professor of History, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N. J. New York. The Modern Library. 1941. 618pp. 

Kidder, Frederic. History of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770; Consisting of the Narrative of the Town, the Trial of the Soldiers: and a Historical Introduction, Containing Unpublished Documents of John Adams, and Explanatory Notes. Albany. Joel Munsell. 1870. 291pp.

Crockett, David. The Life of David Crockett: The Original Humorist and Irrepressible Backwoodsman. An Autobiography to which is Added an Account of His Glorious Death at the Alamo while Fighting in Defense of Texan Independence with and Introduction by G. Mercer Adam. A. L. New York. Burt Company, Publishers. 1902. 415pp.

Fleming, Walter Lynwood. The Sequel of Appomattox A Chronicle of the Reunion of the States. New Haven. Yale University Press. 1921. 322pp.

Bury, J. B. A History of Freedom of Thought by J. B. Bury, M.A., F.B.A. Hon. D. Litt. of Oxford, Durhanm, and Dublin, and Hon, LL. D. of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen Universities; Regius Professor of Modern History, Cambridge University Author of "History of the Later Roman Empire" " History of the Eastern Roman Empire," Etc. New York. Henry Hold and Company. 1913. 256pp.

Paine, Thomas. Common Sense: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America 1776. Rights of Man. Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution. Part I. 1791. Rights of Man. Combining Principles and Practice. Part II. 1792. Letter, to Mr. Secretary Dundas. 1792. Addresses to the Addressers, on the Late Proclamation. 1793. Original Publisher N/A. Variously Paginated. 

Roosevelt, Theodore. Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography With Illustrations. New York. The MacMillan Company. 1916. 574pp.

Fisher, Sydney Geo. Men, Women & Manners in Colonial Times. Illustrated with Photogravures and with Decorations by Edward Stratton Holloway. Vol. I-II. Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott Company. 1898. 393pp. + 391pp.

Adams, Les. District of Columbia V. Heller. An Anatomy of the Supreme Court's Landmark Second Amendment Decision. Birmingham. Palladium Press. 2008. 414pp.

Hirst, Francis W. English Men of Letters. New York. The MacMillan Company. 1904. 240pp.

Fosdick, Dorothy. What is Liberty? A Study in Political Theory by Dorothy Fosdick, Instructor in Sociology, Smith College. New York. Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1939. 194pp.

Roosevelt, Theodore. The Strenuous Life. Speech Before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, April 10, 1899. Original Publisher N/A. 225pp.

Scherger, George L. The Evolution of Modern Liberty. By George L. Scherger, Ph. D. Professor of History, Armour Institute of Technology. London. Longmans, Green, and Co. 1904. 284pp.

Mill, John Stewart. On Liberty. London. John W. Parker and Son. 1859. 207pp.

Stimson, Frederic Jesup. The American Constitution as It Protects Private Rights. New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1923. 239pp.

Dewey, John. The Living Thoughts of Thomas Jefferson Selected and Arranged by John Dewey. New York. David McKay Inc. 1940. 191pp.

Bradley, Cornelius Beach. Orations and Arguments by English and American Statesman. Edited with Notes, Explanatory and Critical, by Cornelius Beach Bradley, Professor of Rhetoric in the University of California. Boston. Allyn and Bacon. 1897. 378pp.

A very good set, bound in leather, generally solid, with bright and clean pages.