1787 JOHN ADAMS. A Defence of the Constitution of the United States. First Edition. Biography John Taylor Smith [1860-1938] was

John Taylor Smith [1860-1938] was Evangelical Anglican bishop to Sierra Leone before being appointed Chaplain over all the Armed Force of England

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and encouraged pacifist Quakers to give up their seats in the Pennsylvania Assembly so that it could make war requisitions from the Delaware peoples

1787 JOHN ADAMS. A Defence of the Constitution of the United States. First Edition. Biography John Taylor Smith [1860-1938] wasA very desirable first edition of John Adams' influential work on a constitutional separation of powers; a work which proved central to the multi branch structure proposed in the Constitution of the United States of America. A cornerstone piece of Americana. Adams, John. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. London. C. Dilly. 1787. As America began emerging from the rubble of the Revolution, John Adams was