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Lysander Spooner (1808-1887)

[Created: 26 February, 2023]
[Updated: 2 September, 2024]

About the Author

See the entry on this author in the Cato Institute's Encyclopedia of Libertarianism (2008): Randy E. Barnett, “Spooner, Lysander (1808-1881)” <https://www.libertarianism.org/topics/spooner-lysander-1808-1881>.

Smith, George H., ed. The Lysander Spooner Reader. (San Francisco: Fox & Wilkes, 1992). “Introduction,” pp. vii-xx.

About the Texts

Not all texts are available in all formats. The "foundation text" is the facsimile PDF of the original book. Many of these are available in HTML, the early version of which was fairly simple. Current versions are available in "enhanced HTML" which includes the original page numbers and the "citation tool" and is in a more readable format for viewing online. A selection of the more important texts are part of the "Guillaumin Collection" of the great books about liberty and are also available in a variety of eBook formats, such as HTML, PDF, and ePub.

Clicking on the headings "DATE", and "TITLE" will sort the table accordingly. A second click will reverse the order.

 

 

Texts in the Collection

 

  DATE FACS. PDF TITLE EBOOK
  1852

Essay on the Trial by Jury

Lysander Spooner, An Essay on the Trial by Jury (Boston: John P. Jewett and Co., 1852).

This book is available in various formats:

 
  1867

No Treason

Lysander Spooner, No Treason Nos. 1, II, and VI (1867-1870)

  • No Treason, No. 1 (Boston: Published by the Author, No. 14 Bromfiled Street, 1867). [facs. PDF]
  • No Treason. No II. The Constitution (Boston: Published by the Author, No. 14 Bromfield Street. 1867). [facs. PDF]
  • No Treason. No VI. The Constitution of No Authority (Boston: Published by the Author, 1870). [facs. PDF]

This book is available in various formats (3 vols in 1):

  1875

Vices are Not Crimes

"Vices are Not Crimes: A Vindication of Moral Liberty" in Dio Lewis, Prohibition a Failure, Or, The True Solution of the Temperance Question (Boston: J.R. Osgood and Company, 1875), pp. 107-46.

This book is available in various formats:

  • a facs. PDF version of the original text
  • an "enhanced HTML" version with the citation tool
  • various eBook formats: HTML, PDF, and ePub
  • a zipped file of the facs. PDF, the eBooks and the code to display them.

  1880

Letters to Senator Thomas Bayard (1882) and President Grover Cleveland (1886)

1. Lysander Spooner, A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard: Challenging his Right - and that of all the Other So-called Senators and Representatives in Congress - to Exercise any Legislative Power whatever over the People of the United States (Boston: Published by the Author, 1882). [facs. PDF]

2. Lysander Spooner, A Letter to Grover Cleveland, on his False Inaugural Address, the Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude of the People (Boston: Benj. R. Tucker, Publisher, 1886). [facs. PDF]

This book is available in various formats (2 vols. in 1):