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{"value"=>"1786", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1786"}
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{"value"=>"Fourteen political essays"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 volume", "unit"=>"volumes"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"approximately 280 pages"}]}
{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"Stab-hole binding at top with pasteboard covers."}
{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"Contemporary identification \"1786 No. 33\" on front cover and \"1786\" on back, probably in Yates' hand. The inscription \"This belongs to Ab[raham] Yat[es Jr.?],\" in his hand, appears along the right side of the back cover, with loss of text. The back of the last essay bears the endorsement \"Considerations on Revolutions in General. A Yates Junr's.\" in the hand of Abraham G. Lansing, a variant wording of Yates' title."}
{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"Essays I-XIII have one continuous foliation running from X-1 to XIII-123 (second instance of that page number). Foliation sometimes reverts to pagination, and there are multiple instances of pages or folios with the same number. Foliation or pagination in arabic numerals follows the roman numeral essay number. The unnumbered essay is unpaginated."}
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{"value"=>"<p>The volume, dated 1786, is a compilation of political essays numbered I-XIII, followed by one unnumbered essay. All are autograph manuscript drafts bearing titles, with some text in the hand of a copyist.</p> <p>The essays, written against the background of the government's fiscal administration from roughly 1779 to 1786, share many of the topics and themes found in his writings. Yates addresses nationalist arguments for increasing the powers of Congress, especially the need for an independent revenue (the Imposts of 1781 and 1783), and the dangers they claimed would arise without a strong central government. The essays also consider forms of government, means by which the abuse of power leads to tyranny, and revolutions in government. Other topics include Congressional control over pensions, annuities and salaries; oaths of office and secrecy, with reference to the Continental Loan Office; foreign loans and the national debt; liberty of the press; and voting by ballot.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"This manuscript was formerly known as \"Speeches to the Delegates to Congress\" and \"Speeches to Congressional Delegates\" with a supplied date of 1786-1787. The titles were derived from the Library's early assessment of the collection in 1915, based perhaps on the first essay title (\"To the delegates who advacate [sic] the propriety of vesting a revenue….\"). However, Yates' references to his audience of readers, the possibility of publication and his decision to withhold his identity, as well as format, all point to writing for occasional or serial publication. The binding date of 1786 and internal references to that year support a date of 1786."}
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1786
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1786
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1786
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1786
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1786
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1 volume : approximately 280 pages