Corrupt Ministers, the Cause of Publick Calamities, Or, The Interest of the King and His People, One: Being a Brief Relation of Some Publick Crimes Committed in the Government During the Late War ... |
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... fome Publick Crimes Committed in the Government , During the Late VV A R Humbly offer'd to the Confideration of the Honourable House of Commons . K LONDON : Printed , and Sold by the Bookfellers of London and Westminster , MDCC I ...
... fome Publick Crimes Committed in the Government , During the Late VV A R Humbly offer'd to the Confideration of the Honourable House of Commons . K LONDON : Printed , and Sold by the Bookfellers of London and Westminster , MDCC I ...
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... fome Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds to the Ufe of the Publick , tho ' the Act has fince been repeal- ed . Secondly , I propofed that all Saylers on Board Merchant - men and Coafters , fhould pay fomewhat ing out of their Wages ...
... fome Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds to the Ufe of the Publick , tho ' the Act has fince been repeal- ed . Secondly , I propofed that all Saylers on Board Merchant - men and Coafters , fhould pay fomewhat ing out of their Wages ...
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... fome Perfons had defrauded the King of two or three hundred Thousand Pounds , upon which I was ordered to appear at the Bar of the Houfe , which I did , and there declared the fame , and offer'd to prove it , provi , ded 1 had the ...
... fome Perfons had defrauded the King of two or three hundred Thousand Pounds , upon which I was ordered to appear at the Bar of the Houfe , which I did , and there declared the fame , and offer'd to prove it , provi , ded 1 had the ...
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... Admiralty have had great Discoveries laid before them , of Embe- zelments , and other great Frauds committed in the Kings Yards , attended with Forgery and Per- jury . B Fourthly , 3 Fourthly , That it is manifeft , that fome.
... Admiralty have had great Discoveries laid before them , of Embe- zelments , and other great Frauds committed in the Kings Yards , attended with Forgery and Per- jury . B Fourthly , 3 Fourthly , That it is manifeft , that fome.
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... fome of the Commiffioners of the Navy , have in that Office ad- vanced themselves from Sallaries of 30 Pounds per Annum , to vast Estates . Having paffed great Frauds , and totally difcouraged the Discovery of Embezelled Stores , to the ...
... fome of the Commiffioners of the Navy , have in that Office ad- vanced themselves from Sallaries of 30 Pounds per Annum , to vast Estates . Having paffed great Frauds , and totally difcouraged the Discovery of Embezelled Stores , to the ...
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