Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... independent of the assemblies . In the Instructions issued by the new American Commis- sioners of the Customs to their subordinates ( pp . 74-83 ) , we can find exactly what acts and regulations regarding colonial trade , navigation ...
... independent of the assemblies . In the Instructions issued by the new American Commis- sioners of the Customs to their subordinates ( pp . 74-83 ) , we can find exactly what acts and regulations regarding colonial trade , navigation ...
Page xxxiv
... independent republic . As the Coercive Acts raised , constitutionally , no question of taxation , the distinctions of the Pennsylvania Farmer became obsolete . To meet this situation , the more advanced radicals created a theory of the ...
... independent republic . As the Coercive Acts raised , constitutionally , no question of taxation , the distinctions of the Pennsylvania Farmer became obsolete . To meet this situation , the more advanced radicals created a theory of the ...
Page 30
... independent kingdom , may rest upon her trade and navigation , and these so far upon her intercourse with the colonies , that if this should be neglected , there would soon be an end to that commerce whence her greatest wealth is ...
... independent kingdom , may rest upon her trade and navigation , and these so far upon her intercourse with the colonies , that if this should be neglected , there would soon be an end to that commerce whence her greatest wealth is ...
Page 67
... independent of this objection , and of any doubt that might attend the practicability of its execution in its full extent , the whole Plan does consist of such a variety of establishments , and necessarily leads to such extensive opera ...
... independent of this objection , and of any doubt that might attend the practicability of its execution in its full extent , the whole Plan does consist of such a variety of establishments , and necessarily leads to such extensive opera ...
Page 88
... independent of the grants and acts of the General Assembly for their support , which the Town is apprehensive will be attended with the most fatal consequences , and therefore humbly and earnestly to pray his Excellency , that he would ...
... independent of the grants and acts of the General Assembly for their support , which the Town is apprehensive will be attended with the most fatal consequences , and therefore humbly and earnestly to pray his Excellency , that he would ...
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