Porcupine's Works: Containing Various Writings and Selections, Exhibiting a Faithful Picture of the United States of America ; of Their Governments, Laws, Politics, and Resources ; of the Characters of Their Presidents, Governors, Legislators, Magistrates, and Military Men ; and of the Customs, Manners, Morals, Religion, Virtues and Vices of the People : Comprising Also a Complete Series of Historical Documents and Remarks, from the End of the War, in 1783, to the Election of the President, in March, 1801, Volume 12Cobbett and Morgan, 1801 - United States |
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... debt , from the operation of which law they had been hitherto exempted by the acts in consequence of which they had been raised . The bill , now proposed , ran thus : 16 σε " Be it enacted , & c . That if any person who " shall have ...
... debt , from the operation of which law they had been hitherto exempted by the acts in consequence of which they had been raised . The bill , now proposed , ran thus : 16 σε " Be it enacted , & c . That if any person who " shall have ...
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... debt . It was very true that both had in- creased ; but the increase was fairly attributed to the faction , which had encouraged France to adopt those measures which had compelled the federal government to have recourse to armaments ...
... debt . It was very true that both had in- creased ; but the increase was fairly attributed to the faction , which had encouraged France to adopt those measures which had compelled the federal government to have recourse to armaments ...
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... debt on the 1st 91,968,780 39 January , 1790 72,613,254 63 Increase in Ten Years 19,355,525 76 The amount of the increase , as here stated , was said , by the federal secretary of the treasury , to exceed the reality ; but GALLATIN ...
... debt on the 1st 91,968,780 39 January , 1790 72,613,254 63 Increase in Ten Years 19,355,525 76 The amount of the increase , as here stated , was said , by the federal secretary of the treasury , to exceed the reality ; but GALLATIN ...
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... debt , that the committee had , according to order , prepared the same , and agreed upon a re- port , which he read in his place , and then deli- vered in at the clerk's table , where the same was twice read , and is as follows ...
... debt , that the committee had , according to order , prepared the same , and agreed upon a re- port , which he read in his place , and then deli- vered in at the clerk's table , where the same was twice read , and is as follows ...
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... debt of the commonwealth be annually discharged ; which the committee pre- sume the legislature will consider both just and po- litic . The committee therefore report , that in their opinion , it will be necessary so to increase the ...
... debt of the commonwealth be annually discharged ; which the committee pre- sume the legislature will consider both just and po- litic . The committee therefore report , that in their opinion , it will be necessary so to increase the ...
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