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... Crown of England , so is their Trade ; ' tis impossible to make an exact Estimate of the Exports and Imports from New- England , without examining the Custom - House - Books , but ' tis com- puted by the most experienced Merchants ...
... Crown of England , so is their Trade ; ' tis impossible to make an exact Estimate of the Exports and Imports from New- England , without examining the Custom - House - Books , but ' tis com- puted by the most experienced Merchants ...
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... a People , to run the Hazard of losing their own Country , for the Alliance of another at so great a Distance ; ' Tis therefore the Grand Interest of New - England to remain subject to the Crown of England , and by 54 [ 1720 New England.
... a People , to run the Hazard of losing their own Country , for the Alliance of another at so great a Distance ; ' Tis therefore the Grand Interest of New - England to remain subject to the Crown of England , and by 54 [ 1720 New England.
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Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis. remain subject to the Crown of England , and by their dutiful Behaviour to merit the Removal of those few Hardships and Inconveniences they complain of ; no other Power can , or will protect them ...
Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis. remain subject to the Crown of England , and by their dutiful Behaviour to merit the Removal of those few Hardships and Inconveniences they complain of ; no other Power can , or will protect them ...
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... Crown Old Tenor for Every Oath being Convicted thereof without farther dispute the ath of the Inhabitants are Strict Presbyterians . Extracts from Capt . Francis Goelet's Journal , in New - England Historical and Genealogical Register ...
... Crown Old Tenor for Every Oath being Convicted thereof without farther dispute the ath of the Inhabitants are Strict Presbyterians . Extracts from Capt . Francis Goelet's Journal , in New - England Historical and Genealogical Register ...
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... Crown , and Diet also ; But in Harvest they have usually between Three and Four Shilling each Day , and Diet . The Maid Servants Wages is commonly betwixt Six and Ten Pounds per Annum , with very good Accommodation . And for the Women ...
... Crown , and Diet also ; But in Harvest they have usually between Three and Four Shilling each Day , and Diet . The Maid Servants Wages is commonly betwixt Six and Ten Pounds per Annum , with very good Accommodation . And for the Women ...
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Page 263 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page 625 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping.
Page 232 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 155 - Fines or Forfeitures due unto Us, fit Objects of Our Mercy, to pardon all such Offenders...
Page 401 - That all supplies to the Crown being free gifts of the people, it is unreasonable and inconsistent with the principles and spirit of the British Constitution, for the people of Great Britain to grant to His Majesty the property of the colonists.
Page 465 - The winds ceased to murmur; the thunders expired; Perfumes as of Eden flowed sweetly along, And a voice as of angels, enchantingly sung: " Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world, and the child of the skies.
Page 116 - Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, or the stone of Help *, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
Page 156 - New-York for our approbation or disallowance of the same as also duplicates thereof by the next conveyance and in case any or all of the said laws...
Page 401 - That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.
Page 489 - ... should not have been, the greatest part of the war, inferior to the enemy, indebted for our safety to their inactivity, enduring frequently the mortification of seeing inviting opportunities to ruin them pass unimproved for want of a force which the country was completely able to afford, and of seeing the country ravaged, our towns burnt, the inhabitants plundered, abused, murdered, with impunity from the same cause.