Facts, Records, Authorities and Arguments Concerning the Claims of Liberty and Obligations of Military Servce ....

London: W Faden, 1758. First Edition.. Disbound.. Very good; some toning to the last leaf; no half-title.. 8vo, [2], 108 pp.

Detention or the loss of personal liberty may take many forms. The "Great Writ" (as it came to be known) is the most important right and remedy in the Constitution. It goes back to the Magna Carta and the Habeas Corpus Act of the English Parliament in 1679. The lengthy pamphlet offered here takes up the issues attached to obligations of military service imposed on a population. Higgs #1852; Goldsmith #9430.