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... Cause , " 1763 38. Commissioners of Maryland and Pennsylvania : 90 88 94 99 • 100 • · 103 The Running of Mason and Dixon's Line , 1763-1767 . • 107 CHAPTER VI - GEORGIA 39. General James Edward Oglethorpe : X Contents.
... Cause , " 1763 38. Commissioners of Maryland and Pennsylvania : 90 88 94 99 • 100 • · 103 The Running of Mason and Dixon's Line , 1763-1767 . • 107 CHAPTER VI - GEORGIA 39. General James Edward Oglethorpe : X Contents.
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... cause an impression of the human side of the history . The principal authors of this kind cited in this volume are Sewall ( No. 18 ) ; Eliza Lucas ( Nos . 35 , 83 ) ; Stephens ( No. 43 ) ; Pettit ( No. 61 ) ; John Adams ( Nos . 79 , 153 ...
... cause an impression of the human side of the history . The principal authors of this kind cited in this volume are Sewall ( No. 18 ) ; Eliza Lucas ( Nos . 35 , 83 ) ; Stephens ( No. 43 ) ; Pettit ( No. 61 ) ; John Adams ( Nos . 79 , 153 ...
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... Causes and Progress of that Misunderstanding , from 1764 to 1775. London , 1777.- Always cited as the Prior Documents . John Almon , The Remembrancer , or Impartial Repository of Public Events . 17 vols . London , 1775-1784 . — Vols ...
... Causes and Progress of that Misunderstanding , from 1764 to 1775. London , 1777.- Always cited as the Prior Documents . John Almon , The Remembrancer , or Impartial Repository of Public Events . 17 vols . London , 1775-1784 . — Vols ...
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... Cause , than barely the Inconstancy of his Temper . He had receiv'd Directions from those English Merchants , who well knew that Cohabitation would lessen their consign'd Trade . § . 139. In February , 1692 , Sir Edmund Andros arrived ...
... Cause , than barely the Inconstancy of his Temper . He had receiv'd Directions from those English Merchants , who well knew that Cohabitation would lessen their consign'd Trade . § . 139. In February , 1692 , Sir Edmund Andros arrived ...
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... caused the loose and torn Records of Value to be transcribed into new Books ; and order'd Conveniences to be built within the Office , for preserving the Records from being lost and con- founded , as before . He prescribed Methods to ...
... caused the loose and torn Records of Value to be transcribed into new Books ; and order'd Conveniences to be built within the Office , for preserving the Records from being lost and con- founded , as before . He prescribed Methods to ...
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