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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Page 15
... continued , and during this new ministry , political animofity came to a great height . It was at this time that the American colonies began to feel the oppreffive hand of the mother coun- try . She had not only prevented the Americans ...
... continued , and during this new ministry , political animofity came to a great height . It was at this time that the American colonies began to feel the oppreffive hand of the mother coun- try . She had not only prevented the Americans ...
Page 21
... continued in the rights and pri- vileges they had fo long enjoyed ; and they might be heard by their council against a bill that might be in- tended to charge ftamp or any other duties on the co- lony of Virginia . A petition was also ...
... continued in the rights and pri- vileges they had fo long enjoyed ; and they might be heard by their council against a bill that might be in- tended to charge ftamp or any other duties on the co- lony of Virginia . A petition was also ...
Page 38
... , and declined acting in that capacity ; that they would not any longer be inftrumental to the deftruction of their country , which their oath as juftices of the peace now now obliged them to , provided they continued in the 38 HISTORY OF.
... , and declined acting in that capacity ; that they would not any longer be inftrumental to the deftruction of their country , which their oath as juftices of the peace now now obliged them to , provided they continued in the 38 HISTORY OF.
Page 39
... continued in the discharge of their office . The gentlemen of the law alfo declared that they would lay down their offices rather than be obliged to practice upon ftamp paper . This is an inftance of patriotifm rarely to be met with ...
... continued in the discharge of their office . The gentlemen of the law alfo declared that they would lay down their offices rather than be obliged to practice upon ftamp paper . This is an inftance of patriotifm rarely to be met with ...
Page 49
... continued for the be nefit of Governors , to the grievous " burden and dif- couragement of the colonies , and prevention of their growth and increafe . That a power in governors to march the inhabi- tants from one end of the British and ...
... continued for the be nefit of Governors , to the grievous " burden and dif- couragement of the colonies , and prevention of their growth and increafe . That a power in governors to march the inhabi- tants from one end of the British and ...
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