An Impartial History of the Present War in America: Containing an Account of Its Rise and Progress, the Political Springs Thereof, with Its Various Successes and Disappointments, on Both Sides. By the Rev. James Murray, ...T. Robson, Head of the Groat-Market, R. Baldwin, No. 47, Pater-noster-Row, London, N. Frobisher, York, C. Elliot, Edinburgh, and Dunlop and Wilson, Glasgow, 1780 - United States - 575 pages |
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... some time raged in the nation on account of fo difadvantageous a peace , after a successful war , was fcarcely abated , when ano- ther alarm was given by a new duty impofed on cyder and perry , at the rate of four fhillings the hogfhead ...
... some time raged in the nation on account of fo difadvantageous a peace , after a successful war , was fcarcely abated , when ano- ther alarm was given by a new duty impofed on cyder and perry , at the rate of four fhillings the hogfhead ...
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... Some of this character were feverely handled ; their houfes were burnt , and their effects plundered and deftroyed ; and fuch was the rage of the multitude againft this unpo- pular and oppreffive ftatute , that fome who had been ...
... Some of this character were feverely handled ; their houfes were burnt , and their effects plundered and deftroyed ; and fuch was the rage of the multitude againft this unpo- pular and oppreffive ftatute , that fome who had been ...
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... Some of the leading men in the oppofition , not only countenanced the people in their outrages against this act , privately , but fome of them gave an open defiance to the authority that impofed this act , by publicly advertising that ...
... Some of the leading men in the oppofition , not only countenanced the people in their outrages against this act , privately , but fome of them gave an open defiance to the authority that impofed this act , by publicly advertising that ...
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... Some of the governors of the pro- vinces , and the provincial affemblies , were not very cordial in their affections to one another ; they pro- ceeded upon different principles , and were influenced by different ideas of intereft . The ...
... Some of the governors of the pro- vinces , and the provincial affemblies , were not very cordial in their affections to one another ; they pro- ceeded upon different principles , and were influenced by different ideas of intereft . The ...
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... Some manufactures we could make , but are for- bidden , and must take them of British merchants ; the whole price of thefe is a tax paid to Britain . 66 By our greatly increafing the demand and con- fumption of British manufactures ...
... Some manufactures we could make , but are for- bidden , and must take them of British merchants ; the whole price of thefe is a tax paid to Britain . 66 By our greatly increafing the demand and con- fumption of British manufactures ...
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