Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of WashingtonLeary & Getz, 1853 - 586 pages |
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Page 141
... duty of a shilling a pound should be drawn back on the importation of the article into America , where a duty of only three pence was to be im- posed . The colonists , who would thus procure it cheaper than the English , might , it was ...
... duty of a shilling a pound should be drawn back on the importation of the article into America , where a duty of only three pence was to be im- posed . The colonists , who would thus procure it cheaper than the English , might , it was ...
Page 306
... duty ; notwithstanding which , and that since the 4th instant , our numbers fit for duty , from the hardships and exposures they have undergone , particularly on account of blankets , ( numbers having been obliged , and still are , to ...
... duty ; notwithstanding which , and that since the 4th instant , our numbers fit for duty , from the hardships and exposures they have undergone , particularly on account of blankets , ( numbers having been obliged , and still are , to ...
Page 513
... duty as well as duties on various imported articles , steadily keeping in sight , however , the navigating interest of the country , which had hitherto been almost wholly at the mercy of other nations . Higher tonnage duties were ...
... duty as well as duties on various imported articles , steadily keeping in sight , however , the navigating interest of the country , which had hitherto been almost wholly at the mercy of other nations . Higher tonnage duties were ...
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