Rossiter, Clinton. Seedtime of the Republic: The Origin of the American Tradition of Political Liberty. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1953.

Table of Contents: 1. Colonial Government and the Rise of Liberty, 2. Colonial Religion and the Rise of Liberty, 3. The Colonial Economy and the Rise of Liberty, 4. Colonial Society and the Rise of Liberty, 5. The Colonial Mind and the Rise of Liberty, 6. Thomas Hooker, 7. Roger Williams, 8. John Wise, 9. Jonathan Mayhew, 10. Richard Bland, 11. Benjamin Franklin, 12. American Political Writing 1765-1776, 13. American Political Thought, 1765-1776: The Rights of Man, 14. American Political Thought, 1765-1776: The Pattern of Government. Conclusion, Notes, Index.

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