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... MAJESTY . May it please your Majesty , In obedience to your Majesty's commands signified to us by a letter from the Earl of Shelburne , one of your Majesty's principal Secretaries of State , dated the 5th of October last , we have taken ...
... MAJESTY . May it please your Majesty , In obedience to your Majesty's commands signified to us by a letter from the Earl of Shelburne , one of your Majesty's principal Secretaries of State , dated the 5th of October last , we have taken ...
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... Majesty's interest as well as for the peace , security , and advantage of the colonies , that this boundary line should as speedily as possible be ratified by your Majesty's authority , and that the Superintendants should be instructed ...
... Majesty's interest as well as for the peace , security , and advantage of the colonies , that this boundary line should as speedily as possible be ratified by your Majesty's authority , and that the Superintendants should be instructed ...
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... Majesty's authority . . . . Be it therefore enacted [ that so much of the said Charter which relates to the election of Councillors ] is hereby revoked , [ and that from 1 August 1774 ] the Council , or Court of Assistants of the said ...
... Majesty's authority . . . . Be it therefore enacted [ that so much of the said Charter which relates to the election of Councillors ] is hereby revoked , [ and that from 1 August 1774 ] the Council , or Court of Assistants of the said ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xi |
The Western Problem 176388 | xix |
The Crisis 17726 | xxxiii |
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