We, the people of the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, do ordain, declare and establish,... History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the Continent - Page 292by George Bancroft - 1884Full view - About this book
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