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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... duty of all Proteftants ; and the hap- . piness of a Prince ruling by law , ought to be the prayer of all good fub- jects . A reflection upon the unhappiness of former times , when tyran- ny , and the iron rod of arbitrary power , ruled ...
... duty of all Proteftants ; and the hap- . piness of a Prince ruling by law , ought to be the prayer of all good fub- jects . A reflection upon the unhappiness of former times , when tyran- ny , and the iron rod of arbitrary power , ruled ...
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... duty impofed on cyder and perry , at the rate of four fhillings the hogfhead . This , though as reafonable at many other taxes upon the neceffaries of life , raised a prodigious ferment in thofe counties in England , where thefe ...
... duty impofed on cyder and perry , at the rate of four fhillings the hogfhead . This , though as reafonable at many other taxes upon the neceffaries of life , raised a prodigious ferment in thofe counties in England , where thefe ...
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... and critical point , the legiflature of Great Britain in 1764 , impofe a new tax upon America , to the amount of 341,3771 . os . I d . This was to 2 to be totally raised by new impofts and duties THE WAR IN AMERICA . IL.
... and critical point , the legiflature of Great Britain in 1764 , impofe a new tax upon America , to the amount of 341,3771 . os . I d . This was to 2 to be totally raised by new impofts and duties THE WAR IN AMERICA . IL.
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... duties upon her trade and commerce ; and though the feveral du- ties impofed were principally raifed from articles of luxury , yet this law was a great restraint upon the trade of America . But what is the worst part of this new act of ...
... duties upon her trade and commerce ; and though the feveral du- ties impofed were principally raifed from articles of luxury , yet this law was a great restraint upon the trade of America . But what is the worst part of this new act of ...
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... duty on fuch goods as they were allowed to trade in . This was an effectual method of draining the whole money from ... duties , was to THE WAR IN AMERICA . 15.
... duty on fuch goods as they were allowed to trade in . This was an effectual method of draining the whole money from ... duties , was to THE WAR IN AMERICA . 15.
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