The History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay: From 1749 to 1774 |
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... than any of the rest , was not well founded . Thus stood affairs between the English and French in America , in the beginning of the year C 2 1754 , 1754 1754 , when government in England thought fit to MASSACHUSETTS BAY . 19.
... than any of the rest , was not well founded . Thus stood affairs between the English and French in America , in the beginning of the year C 2 1754 , 1754 1754 , when government in England thought fit to MASSACHUSETTS BAY . 19.
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... thought fit to recommend a convention of delegates from the as- semblies of the several colonies , to be held at Al- bany , in the province of New York . The city of Albany is the place where the Indians of the six nations had generally ...
... thought fit to recommend a convention of delegates from the as- semblies of the several colonies , to be held at Al- bany , in the province of New York . The city of Albany is the place where the Indians of the six nations had generally ...
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... thought fit , to be content with the command of the second . The only inconvenience to the province , from this expedition , was the loss of the men who enlisted , which increased the difficulty of raising men for fur- ther services ...
... thought fit , to be content with the command of the second . The only inconvenience to the province , from this expedition , was the loss of the men who enlisted , which increased the difficulty of raising men for fur- ther services ...
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... thought fit , to be content with the command of the second . The only inconvenience to the province , from this expedition , was the loss of the men who enlisted , which increased the difficulty of raising men for fur- ther services ...
... thought fit , to be content with the command of the second . The only inconvenience to the province , from this expedition , was the loss of the men who enlisted , which increased the difficulty of raising men for fur- ther services ...
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... thought fit , the number had always been short of expectation † . Lord Loudoun came soon after to Boston , where , besides Mr. Phipps , lieutenant - governor of Massa- chusetts , he found Mr. Fitch and Mr. Hopkins , the governors of ...
... thought fit , the number had always been short of expectation † . Lord Loudoun came soon after to Boston , where , besides Mr. Phipps , lieutenant - governor of Massa- chusetts , he found Mr. Fitch and Mr. Hopkins , the governors of ...
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Page 401 - His Majesty taking the same into consideration was pleased with the advice of his privy Council to approve of what is therein proposed, and...
Page 81 - If taxes are laid upon us in any shape without our having a legal representation where they are laid, are we not reduced from the character of free subjects to the miserable state of tributary slaves...
Page 450 - Resolved, that the first adventurers and settlers of this, his majesty's colony and dominion, brought with them, and transmitted to their posterity and all other his majesty's subjects since inhabiting in this his majesty's said colony, all the privileges, franchises, and immunities, that have, at any time, been held, enjoyed and possessed, by the people of Great Britain.
Page 461 - NCD 2. That our ancestors, who first settled these colonies, were, at the time of their emigration from the mother country, entitled to all the rights, liberties, and immunities of free and natural- born subjects, within the realm of England.
Page 359 - I know of no line that can be drawn between the supreme authority of Parliament and the total independence of the colonies...
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Page 413 - The hour of destruction, or manly opposition to the machinations of Tyranny, stares you in the face. Every friend to his country, to himself and...
Page 450 - Plantations, shall HAVE and enjoy all Liberties, Franchises and Immunities, within any of our other Dominions, to all Intents and Purposes, as if they had been abiding and born, within this our Realm of England, or any other of our said Dominions.
Page 463 - 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 gran to his majesty the property of the colonists. VII. That trial by jury is the inherent and invaluable right of every British subject in these colonies.
Page 495 - That as to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, ... so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power.