The Financial History of Massachusetts: From the Organization of the Massachusetts Bay Company to the American Revolution |
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... records are all but worthless for purposes of accurate and valuable generalization , on account of their fragmentary and unsystematic character . If the literary style which I have adopted appears at times to be more involved than is ...
... records are all but worthless for purposes of accurate and valuable generalization , on account of their fragmentary and unsystematic character . If the literary style which I have adopted appears at times to be more involved than is ...
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... Records . 23. - Duties of the Auditor - General 24. - The Laxity of Officials . 26. - Administrative Paralysis . 27. - A Treasurer's Troubles 29. The Colonial Mint 30. - Woodbridge's Bank 32 33 34 35 35 37 37 38 40 4I 43 44 31 ...
... Records . 23. - Duties of the Auditor - General 24. - The Laxity of Officials . 26. - Administrative Paralysis . 27. - A Treasurer's Troubles 29. The Colonial Mint 30. - Woodbridge's Bank 32 33 34 35 35 37 37 38 40 4I 43 44 31 ...
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... records of the colony that was sent over by the Massachusetts Company , belonging to Endicott's administration , have been preserved ; but Governor Bradford , of New Plymouth , in a letter written June 9th , 1628 , mentions a sort of ...
... records of the colony that was sent over by the Massachusetts Company , belonging to Endicott's administration , have been preserved ; but Governor Bradford , of New Plymouth , in a letter written June 9th , 1628 , mentions a sort of ...
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... record has been found of any proposition to levy an assessment upon the members , although on both of these ... records of the company for the first thirteen years , con- tained in Vol . III . of the Transactions of the American ...
... record has been found of any proposition to levy an assessment upon the members , although on both of these ... records of the company for the first thirteen years , con- tained in Vol . III . of the Transactions of the American ...
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... May 3d , 1636 , " explains an order of May , 1634 , according to which all men were " to be 1 Massachusetts Records , 1. , 168 . " " rated in all rates according to their whole ability wheresoever 18 [ 266 FINANCIAL HISTORY.
... May 3d , 1636 , " explains an order of May , 1634 , according to which all men were " to be 1 Massachusetts Records , 1. , 168 . " " rated in all rates according to their whole ability wheresoever 18 [ 266 FINANCIAL HISTORY.
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