The History of Georgia: Containing Brief Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events, Up to the Present Day, Volume 1Seymour & Williams, 1811 - Georgia |
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... consequence , promised a rich source of traffic as well as mari- time strength to England . Agriculture was the prime object , and the culture of rice , which held up the most promising source of wealth , could not be carried on ...
... consequence , promised a rich source of traffic as well as mari- time strength to England . Agriculture was the prime object , and the culture of rice , which held up the most promising source of wealth , could not be carried on ...
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... consequence of a free liberty of buying and sel- ling lands within the province , which would have been directly contrary to the objects , intent and meaning of the charter , whereby the grant of lands to any one person , is limited to ...
... consequence of a free liberty of buying and sel- ling lands within the province , which would have been directly contrary to the objects , intent and meaning of the charter , whereby the grant of lands to any one person , is limited to ...
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... consequence . But as the tribe settled at Yamacraw was inconsiderable , Oglethorpe judg- ed it expedient to have the other tribes also , to join with them in the treaty . To accomplish this union , he found an Indian , or rather half ...
... consequence . But as the tribe settled at Yamacraw was inconsiderable , Oglethorpe judg- ed it expedient to have the other tribes also , to join with them in the treaty . To accomplish this union , he found an Indian , or rather half ...
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... consequence to the prosperity of the province . The colony was designed to be a barrier to South - Carolina , against the Spanish settlement at Augustine ; they immagined that negroes would rather weaken than strengthen it ; and that ...
... consequence to the prosperity of the province . The colony was designed to be a barrier to South - Carolina , against the Spanish settlement at Augustine ; they immagined that negroes would rather weaken than strengthen it ; and that ...
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... consequences which must have at . tended an open war between the two nations , on account of the disputes between their frontier provinces ; which circumstances were so well improved by Oglethorpe , and the Indians who had entered into ...
... consequences which must have at . tended an open war between the two nations , on account of the disputes between their frontier provinces ; which circumstances were so well improved by Oglethorpe , and the Indians who had entered into ...
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Page 332 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 355 - ... of our especial grace, certain knowledge,- and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do...
Page 311 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Page 312 - Resolved, 6. That they are entitled to the benefit of such of the English statutes, as existed at the time of their colonization ; and which they have, by experience, respectively found to be applicable to their several local and other circumstances.
Page 346 - And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, for us, our heirs and successors, grant, by these presents, to the...
Page 311 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
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Page 312 - British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
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