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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... appear to have proceeded from his fagacity , and his difcernment of the character of those that were propofed to be joined with him in the management of public affairs . The difcontent which had for some time raged in the nation on ...
... appear to have proceeded from his fagacity , and his difcernment of the character of those that were propofed to be joined with him in the management of public affairs . The difcontent which had for some time raged in the nation on ...
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... appear to be on their fide . The government , fince the conclufion of the peace , had been cafting about and projecting several schemes , for raising a revenue to fupport the credit of the mother country , by contriving ways and means ...
... appear to be on their fide . The government , fince the conclufion of the peace , had been cafting about and projecting several schemes , for raising a revenue to fupport the credit of the mother country , by contriving ways and means ...
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... appear to be , the method of putting it in execution was ftilll more ab- furd and oppreffive . A number of armed cutters were fitted out and ftationed upon the coafts of Ame- rica , to prevent this fuppofed contraband trade , the ...
... appear to be , the method of putting it in execution was ftilll more ab- furd and oppreffive . A number of armed cutters were fitted out and ftationed upon the coafts of Ame- rica , to prevent this fuppofed contraband trade , the ...
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... appear to fome , it could not but amount to more than any thing that could poffibly be raised by the unhappy ... appears to have been a time of political infa- tuation , and the ministry were bent both upon their own ruin and that of the ...
... appear to fome , it could not but amount to more than any thing that could poffibly be raised by the unhappy ... appears to have been a time of political infa- tuation , and the ministry were bent both upon their own ruin and that of the ...
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... appear nearly even , and there would be little to pay . On the fide of government , it was urged , that the colonies had fubmitted to laws made by the mother country for their internal government , and that the British parliament had ...
... appear nearly even , and there would be little to pay . On the fide of government , it was urged , that the colonies had fubmitted to laws made by the mother country for their internal government , and that the British parliament had ...
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