History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fishery"History of The Government of The Island of Newfoundland" is a late 18th-century memoir on the history of the island by John Reeves, an eyewitness of the beginnings of the state order in those lands. It is an interesting and detailed account of the social and political life of the island, representing the life of people at those time. |
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