Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... given us pain . Brother , we and our dependants have been for some time like giddy people not knowing what to do , wherever we turned about we saw our blood , and when our young men wanted to go a hunting the wild beasts in our country ...
... given us pain . Brother , we and our dependants have been for some time like giddy people not knowing what to do , wherever we turned about we saw our blood , and when our young men wanted to go a hunting the wild beasts in our country ...
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... given in court in the penalty of sixty pounds , to answer the costs and charges of prosecution ; in default of giving which security the ship and goods will be condemned ; and where any dispute 4 Geo . III , c . 15 , shall arise whether ...
... given in court in the penalty of sixty pounds , to answer the costs and charges of prosecution ; in default of giving which security the ship and goods will be condemned ; and where any dispute 4 Geo . III , c . 15 , shall arise whether ...
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... given . The gentleman says he would admit some parts of the Constitution , but that he would never agree to that now before us . I beg gentlemen , when they retire from these walls , that they would take the Constitution , and strike ...
... given . The gentleman says he would admit some parts of the Constitution , but that he would never agree to that now before us . I beg gentlemen , when they retire from these walls , that they would take the Constitution , and strike ...
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