Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... measure connected . It is an object compre- hensive of a variety of cases , to which the separate authority and ... measures and services , respecting the complaints of the Indians touching their lands , should be continued to be ...
... measure connected . It is an object compre- hensive of a variety of cases , to which the separate authority and ... measures and services , respecting the complaints of the Indians touching their lands , should be continued to be ...
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... measures Americans cannot submit , but in hopes that their fellow - subjects in Great Britain will , on a revision of them , restore us to that state in which both countries found happiness and prosperity , we have for the present only ...
... measures Americans cannot submit , but in hopes that their fellow - subjects in Great Britain will , on a revision of them , restore us to that state in which both countries found happiness and prosperity , we have for the present only ...
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... measures , are said to dislike it . The others rely upon it as a means of dividing , and by that means subduing us . But I cannot conceive that any colony will undertake to grant a revenue to a govern- ment that holds a sword over their ...
... measures , are said to dislike it . The others rely upon it as a means of dividing , and by that means subduing us . But I cannot conceive that any colony will undertake to grant a revenue to a govern- ment that holds a sword over their ...
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Soame Jenynss Objections to the Taxation of our American | 18 |
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