Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... Nova Scotia ; for these do not deserve the name of colonies . What justice is there in making us pay for defending , protecting , and securing ' these places ? What benefit can we , or have we ever derived from them ? None of them was ...
... Nova Scotia ; for these do not deserve the name of colonies . What justice is there in making us pay for defending , protecting , and securing ' these places ? What benefit can we , or have we ever derived from them ? None of them was ...
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... Nova Scotia , which never will return to us one farthing that we send to them . Great Britain - I mean the ministry in Great Britain , has cantoned Canada and Florida out into five or six governments , and may form as many more . There ...
... Nova Scotia , which never will return to us one farthing that we send to them . Great Britain - I mean the ministry in Great Britain , has cantoned Canada and Florida out into five or six governments , and may form as many more . There ...
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... Nova Scotia , and from thence north to the mouth of St. Lawrence's River , lay waste and neglected , though naturally affording or capable by art of producing every species of naval stores , the seas abounding with whale , cod , and ...
... Nova Scotia , and from thence north to the mouth of St. Lawrence's River , lay waste and neglected , though naturally affording or capable by art of producing every species of naval stores , the seas abounding with whale , cod , and ...
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