Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution, Volume 1 |
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... province in the king's dominions in North America , which lies from 36 degrees 30 min- utes north latitude to the 29th degree , and from the Atlantic ocean to the South sea . 19. " Thus has our whole country been granted by 12 [ воок 1 ...
... province in the king's dominions in North America , which lies from 36 degrees 30 min- utes north latitude to the 29th degree , and from the Atlantic ocean to the South sea . 19. " Thus has our whole country been granted by 12 [ воок 1 ...
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... provinces of Virginia and New - England form a regular and connected story . The former in the South , and the latter in the North may be considered as the original and parent colonies , in imitation of which , and under whose shelter ...
... provinces of Virginia and New - England form a regular and connected story . The former in the South , and the latter in the North may be considered as the original and parent colonies , in imitation of which , and under whose shelter ...
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... province.2 Henceforth , however , Virginia continued to be a royal province until the period of the American Revolution . 58. Charles the First adopted the notions and fol- lowed out in its full extent the colonial system of his father ...
... province.2 Henceforth , however , Virginia continued to be a royal province until the period of the American Revolution . 58. Charles the First adopted the notions and fol- lowed out in its full extent the colonial system of his father ...
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... province with Massachusetts under the charter granted to the latter by William and Mary in 1691.2 An arbi- § 59. It may not be without use to notice a few of the laws , which formed , what may properly be deemed , the fundamentals of ...
... province with Massachusetts under the charter granted to the latter by William and Mary in 1691.2 An arbi- § 59. It may not be without use to notice a few of the laws , which formed , what may properly be deemed , the fundamentals of ...
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... recited in the charter in Hutchinson's Collection , p . 1 , & c . and in the Colonial and Province laws of Massachu- setts , printed in 1814 . as of the royal manor of East Greenwich , " 46 [ BOOK I. HISTORY OF THE COLONIES .
... recited in the charter in Hutchinson's Collection , p . 1 , & c . and in the Colonial and Province laws of Massachu- setts , printed in 1814 . as of the royal manor of East Greenwich , " 46 [ BOOK I. HISTORY OF THE COLONIES .
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