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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... 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 offered to be presented by the governor and company of the Eng- Jith colony of Connecticut , in North ...
... 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 offered to be presented by the governor and company of the Eng- Jith colony of Connecticut , in North ...
Page 45
... council be chofen by the affem- blies and fent from all the colonies ; which council , together with , a governor - general to be appointed by the crown , fhould be empowered to make general laws to raise money in all the colonies for ...
... council be chofen by the affem- blies and fent from all the colonies ; which council , together with , a governor - general to be appointed by the crown , fhould be empowered to make general laws to raise money in all the colonies for ...
Page 46
... councils , fhould affemble and concert mea- fures for the defence of the whole , erect forts where they thought proper , and raise what troops they thought neceffary , with power to draw on the trea- fury in England for the fums that ...
... councils , fhould affemble and concert mea- fures for the defence of the whole , erect forts where they thought proper , and raise what troops they thought neceffary , with power to draw on the trea- fury in England for the fums that ...
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... council , would probably give extreme diffatisfaction , as well as the taxing them by act of parliament , where they have no representative . In matters of general concern to the people , and especially where burdens are to be laid upon ...
... council , would probably give extreme diffatisfaction , as well as the taxing them by act of parliament , where they have no representative . In matters of general concern to the people , and especially where burdens are to be laid upon ...
Page 47
... councils , to raife fuch fums as they fhall judge neceffary , by draft on the lords of the treasury , to be afterwards laid on the colonies by act of parliament , and paid by the peo- ple here ; fince they might abuse it by projecting ...
... councils , to raife fuch fums as they fhall judge neceffary , by draft on the lords of the treasury , to be afterwards laid on the colonies by act of parliament , and paid by the peo- ple here ; fince they might abuse it by projecting ...
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