 Price was a keen supporter of both the American and French revolutions. In early 1776 he published Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, followed by Additional Observations in the next year. In 1784 he added Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution. Price’s support of the colonies earned him the friendship of many of the leading figures in the rebellion, including Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, and Paine. His support led to his being invited by the Continental Congress to assist in the financial administration of the States, and to his being awarded an honorary LL.D. by Yale University (1781, the other honoree that year being George Washington), to add to the honorary doctorates he had already received from Aberdeen and Glasgow Universities. When Lord Shelburne became Prime Minister in 1782 he offered Price the post of his private secretary, which Price refused.