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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... ment , that have had all the fatisfaction they could have defired : Mif- understandings and mismanagements , in high and low , are common in the prefent ftate of human nature . It requires a more exalted state of existence , than any ...
... ment , that have had all the fatisfaction they could have defired : Mif- understandings and mismanagements , in high and low , are common in the prefent ftate of human nature . It requires a more exalted state of existence , than any ...
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... ment in fpecie to the exchequer in England for the duty on fuch goods as they were allowed to trade in . This was an effectual method of draining the whole money from the colonies , and leaving them nothing for circulation : and what ...
... ment in fpecie to the exchequer in England for the duty on fuch goods as they were allowed to trade in . This was an effectual method of draining the whole money from the colonies , and leaving them nothing for circulation : and what ...
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... ment could not help feeling the effects of this impolitic proceeding by a decrease of revenue ; for they both loft the duty payable upon the goods exported to A- merica , and the import duties payable on goods we received from foreign ...
... ment could not help feeling the effects of this impolitic proceeding by a decrease of revenue ; for they both loft the duty payable upon the goods exported to A- merica , and the import duties payable on goods we received from foreign ...
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... ment in any gazette or other paper 2s . for every almanack , & c . to serve for one year 4d . for every almanack to serve for several years , duties to the fame amount refpectively for each year ; on inftrumcuts , proceed- ings , them ...
... ment in any gazette or other paper 2s . for every almanack , & c . to serve for one year 4d . for every almanack to serve for several years , duties to the fame amount refpectively for each year ; on inftrumcuts , proceed- ings , them ...
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... ment , was feverely ufed . The people obliged him to deliver up copies of his own letters which he had fent to England , and by this means made him evidence against himselt . This was as illegal as the general warrant , that was iffued ...
... ment , was feverely ufed . The people obliged him to deliver up copies of his own letters which he had fent to England , and by this means made him evidence against himselt . This was as illegal as the general warrant , that was iffued ...
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