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, Volume 2Robson, 1780 |
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... Law , and to fet the Negroes at liberty- Action near the Great - Bridge -- Connelly taken-- -His Scheme for raising the ... laws of the colony , and the fpirit of the English conftitution . This colony having delegates at the ge neral ...
... Law , and to fet the Negroes at liberty- Action near the Great - Bridge -- Connelly taken-- -His Scheme for raising the ... laws of the colony , and the fpirit of the English conftitution . This colony having delegates at the ge neral ...
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... laws which fet bounds to it ; whereas he measured his ideas of loyalty by the power of his Ma- jesty , and the emoluments that attended it . Refpect to the Sovereign must always keep pace with the laws of the land , otherwise it ...
... laws which fet bounds to it ; whereas he measured his ideas of loyalty by the power of his Ma- jesty , and the emoluments that attended it . Refpect to the Sovereign must always keep pace with the laws of the land , otherwise it ...
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... laws in confequence thereof , which in that coun- try where a great part of the people . are in a state of flavery ... law of the year 1738 , which was ftill faid to be in force , took measures for arraying the militia ; but to fupply ...
... laws in confequence thereof , which in that coun- try where a great part of the people . are in a state of flavery ... law of the year 1738 , which was ftill faid to be in force , took measures for arraying the militia ; but to fupply ...
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... powers of his office , by open- ing the courts of justice , and restoring the energy of the laws , by difarming all independent companies , or other other bodies of men raised and acting in defiance of 14 À . D. 1776 HISTORY OF.
... powers of his office , by open- ing the courts of justice , and restoring the energy of the laws , by difarming all independent companies , or other other bodies of men raised and acting in defiance of 14 À . D. 1776 HISTORY OF.
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... laws , would have been an inftance of imprudence unworthy of any people of common fenfe . The Governor's general character , as a man of prudence and difcretion , was not fo remarkable as to tempt them to run fuch a rifk . They ...
... laws , would have been an inftance of imprudence unworthy of any people of common fenfe . The Governor's general character , as a man of prudence and difcretion , was not fo remarkable as to tempt them to run fuch a rifk . They ...
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