The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons, Volume 2J. Debrett, 1775 - Great Britain |
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... ship of war fit to proceed to fea . His Grace then proceeded to difcufs the question at large , relative to our present unhappy difputes with America , and by the several important lights he let in on the fubject , and the variety of ...
... ship of war fit to proceed to fea . His Grace then proceeded to difcufs the question at large , relative to our present unhappy difputes with America , and by the several important lights he let in on the fubject , and the variety of ...
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... ships had not more than half their complement of men ; and I can af- firm that Capt . Barrington's fhip was the only one which . feemed to answer the anxious expectations of the spectator . The Earl of The Earl of Sandwich replied ...
... ships had not more than half their complement of men ; and I can af- firm that Capt . Barrington's fhip was the only one which . feemed to answer the anxious expectations of the spectator . The Earl of The Earl of Sandwich replied ...
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... ships rotted at the end of five or fix years ; whereas these built lately would ftand thirty , as they were built of seasoned timber , of which we had a large three years ftock ; and that befides we made use of another precaution ...
... ships rotted at the end of five or fix years ; whereas these built lately would ftand thirty , as they were built of seasoned timber , of which we had a large three years ftock ; and that befides we made use of another precaution ...
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... ships annually , navigated by 2400 feamen ; the average produce of the cargoes at market was about 90,000l . that the veffels were mostly built in America , which found the timber , the mafts and the iron , all the other materials being ...
... ships annually , navigated by 2400 feamen ; the average produce of the cargoes at market was about 90,000l . that the veffels were mostly built in America , which found the timber , the mafts and the iron , all the other materials being ...
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... ships amendment . Lord North then proceeded to acquaint their Lordships , that the reasons why the Commons could not agree to the amendment were , that the commanders of his Majefty's fhips of war , fhould the bill pafs with the ...
... ships amendment . Lord North then proceeded to acquaint their Lordships , that the reasons why the Commons could not agree to the amendment were , that the commanders of his Majefty's fhips of war , fhould the bill pafs with the ...
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Page 90 - The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for the first Colony in Virginia...
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Page 15 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
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Page 64 - We, greatly commending, and graciously accepting of, their Desires for the Furtherance of so noble a Work, which may, by the Providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the Glory of his Divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of the true Knowledge and Worship of God, and may in time bring the Infidels and Savages, living in those Parts, to human Civility, and to a settled and quiet Government...
Page 59 - ... and invite the natives of that country to the knowledge and obedience of the only true God and Saviour of mankind and the Christian faith, which, in our royal intention, and the adventurers' free profession, is the principal end of this plantation.
Page 63 - People into that Part of America, commonly called VIRGINIA, and other Parts and Territories in America, either appertaining unto us, or which are not now actually possessed by any Christian Prince or People...
Page 15 - ... please your most excellent Majesty that it may be declared, and be it declared by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that the...
Page 2 - Breadth; and in Length, and Longitude, of and within all the Breadth aforesaid, throughout the main Lands there, from the Atlantic and western Sea and Ocean on the East Part, to the South Sea on the West Part...