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Page 37
... South Carolina , in March 1776 , adopted a constitution of government ; but this was , in like manner , " established until an accommodation between Great Bri- tain and America could be obtained . " ยง But the declaration of the ...
... South Carolina , in March 1776 , adopted a constitution of government ; but this was , in like manner , " established until an accommodation between Great Bri- tain and America could be obtained . " ยง But the declaration of the ...
Page 38
... South Carolina legislature , in Janu- ary 1788 , respecting the propriety of calling a convention of the people to ratify or reject the constitution , a distinguished states- mant used the following language : " This admirable manifesto ...
... South Carolina legislature , in Janu- ary 1788 , respecting the propriety of calling a convention of the people to ratify or reject the constitution , a distinguished states- mant used the following language : " This admirable manifesto ...
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... South Carolina . North Ca- rolina was not represented until the 14th September , and Georgia not at all . It is also apparent , that New York was not represented as a colony , but only through certain portions of her people ; ( i ) in ...
... South Carolina . North Ca- rolina was not represented until the 14th September , and Georgia not at all . It is also apparent , that New York was not represented as a colony , but only through certain portions of her people ; ( i ) in ...
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... South Carolina . " To consider the acts lately passed , and bills depending in parliament with regard to the port of Boston and co- lony of Massachusetts Bay ; which acts and bills , in the precedent and consequences , affect the whole ...
... South Carolina . " To consider the acts lately passed , and bills depending in parliament with regard to the port of Boston and co- lony of Massachusetts Bay ; which acts and bills , in the precedent and consequences , affect the whole ...
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... South Carolina . " To concert , agree to , and effectually prose- cute such measures as , in the opinion of the said deputies and the deputies to be assembled , shall be most likely to obtain a redress of American grievances ...
... South Carolina . " To concert , agree to , and effectually prose- cute such measures as , in the opinion of the said deputies and the deputies to be assembled , shall be most likely to obtain a redress of American grievances ...
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