The administration of the British colonies : The sixth edition. Wherein their constitutional rights and establishments as also those disputed points in the constitutions and administration of the government of the colonies, from whence the present American war sprung, and on which the final settlement of a peace must turn are discussed and stated. By Thomas Pownall, Member of Parliament, late Governor, Captain General, Commander in Chief, and Vice Admiral of His Majesty's Provinces, Massachusetts-Bay and South-Carolina; and Lieutenant-Governor of New-Jersey. In two volumes.