Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... purpose , and submitted for approval to the people ( p . 176 ) . After a false start by the legislature , that mode was tried in 1779-80 . The con- 1 Adams's Works , iv . 185–203 ; cf. C. H. Ambler , Sectionalism in Virginia ( Univ . of ...
... purpose , and submitted for approval to the people ( p . 176 ) . After a false start by the legislature , that mode was tried in 1779-80 . The con- 1 Adams's Works , iv . 185–203 ; cf. C. H. Ambler , Sectionalism in Virginia ( Univ . of ...
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... purpose first obtained . And we do further strictly enjoin and require all persons whatever , who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated themselves upon any lands within the countries above described , or upon any other lands ...
... purpose first obtained . And we do further strictly enjoin and require all persons whatever , who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated themselves upon any lands within the countries above described , or upon any other lands ...
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... some others to the same purpose , and the majority was for entring these resolves ; upon which the Governor disolved the Assembly , which hinderd their proceeding . ( b ) From a private letter from Virginia , PATRICK HENRY 15.
... some others to the same purpose , and the majority was for entring these resolves ; upon which the Governor disolved the Assembly , which hinderd their proceeding . ( b ) From a private letter from Virginia , PATRICK HENRY 15.
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... purposes , as if they had been abiding and born within the realm of England . Resolved , That the taxation of the people by themselves , or by persons chosen by themselves to represent them , who can only know what taxes the people are ...
... purposes , as if they had been abiding and born within the realm of England . Resolved , That the taxation of the people by themselves , or by persons chosen by themselves to represent them , who can only know what taxes the people are ...
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... purposes of their own government and pro- tection , would the money so raised be immediately annihi- lated ? What some pay , would not others receive ? Would not those who so receive it , stand in need of as many of our manufactures ...
... purposes of their own government and pro- tection , would the money so raised be immediately annihi- lated ? What some pay , would not others receive ? Would not those who so receive it , stand in need of as many of our manufactures ...
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