The Financial History of Massachusetts: From the Organization of the Massachusetts Bay Company to the American Revolution |
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... Charter 40. - The Charter Goes into Effect .. CHAPTER I - DIRECT TAXATION . § 41. - Early Provincial Legislation . 42. - Failure and Reform . 43. - The Turning Point .. 44. - The Choice of Assessors . 45. - Changes in the System 46 ...
... Charter 40. - The Charter Goes into Effect .. CHAPTER I - DIRECT TAXATION . § 41. - Early Provincial Legislation . 42. - Failure and Reform . 43. - The Turning Point .. 44. - The Choice of Assessors . 45. - Changes in the System 46 ...
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... charters ; while the second , though shaken by no such vio- lent political tempests as served to break up the previous history of the commonwealth into epochs , is marked near its middle by the beginning of that great and varied ...
... charters ; while the second , though shaken by no such vio- lent political tempests as served to break up the previous history of the commonwealth into epochs , is marked near its middle by the beginning of that great and varied ...
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... charter by Charles II . to the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in 1628 , or on the arrival of Winthrop out of England with the charter itself in 1630 , is a question in constitutional law rather than in finance . If any of ...
... charter by Charles II . to the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in 1628 , or on the arrival of Winthrop out of England with the charter itself in 1630 , is a question in constitutional law rather than in finance . If any of ...
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... charter and government were still in England , to the members as individuals to advance to the company such sums as they might be able to spare , toward extinguishing a debt of the company , receiving therefor receipts under the company ...
... charter and government were still in England , to the members as individuals to advance to the company such sums as they might be able to spare , toward extinguishing a debt of the company , receiving therefor receipts under the company ...
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... charter of the financial history of Massachusetts exists , though in a chirography likely to try severely the patience of the investigator , in Vol . 100 of Felt's collection of Massachusetts Archives . The fote of the court of ...
... charter of the financial history of Massachusetts exists , though in a chirography likely to try severely the patience of the investigator , in Vol . 100 of Felt's collection of Massachusetts Archives . The fote of the court of ...
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