Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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Page xxiv
... carrying out the Plan of 1764 , and it made any such scheme of western de- 1 Alvord , Mississippi Valley , i . 343-58 ; Illinois Historical Collections , xi . 536 . velopment as Shelburne's out of the question . The Treasury xxiv ...
... carrying out the Plan of 1764 , and it made any such scheme of western de- 1 Alvord , Mississippi Valley , i . 343-58 ; Illinois Historical Collections , xi . 536 . velopment as Shelburne's out of the question . The Treasury xxiv ...
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... carried out by the provincial congresses ' or conventions ' of 1775-6 . These popularly elected bodies , which assumed legislative and executive authority in each colony after the royal governors had dissolved the colonial assemblies ...
... carried out by the provincial congresses ' or conventions ' of 1775-6 . These popularly elected bodies , which assumed legislative and executive authority in each colony after the royal governors had dissolved the colonial assemblies ...
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... carrying on such trade , from the Governor or commander in chief of any of our colonies respectively where such person shall reside , and also give security to observe such regulations as we shall at any time think fit , by ourselves or ...
... carrying on such trade , from the Governor or commander in chief of any of our colonies respectively where such person shall reside , and also give security to observe such regulations as we shall at any time think fit , by ourselves or ...
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... carried on a correspondence with our known enemies on the Great Island . We cannot but observe with sorrow and indignation that some persons in this Province are at pains to extenuate the barbarous cruelties practised by these savages ...
... carried on a correspondence with our known enemies on the Great Island . We cannot but observe with sorrow and indignation that some persons in this Province are at pains to extenuate the barbarous cruelties practised by these savages ...
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... carried on a correspondence with our enemies on the Great Island . We killed three Indians going from Bethlehem to the Great Island with blankets , ammunition , and provisions , which is an undeniable proof that the Moravian Indians ...
... carried on a correspondence with our enemies on the Great Island . We killed three Indians going from Bethlehem to the Great Island with blankets , ammunition , and provisions , which is an undeniable proof that the Moravian Indians ...
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