The Financial History of Massachusetts: From the Organization of the Massachusetts Bay Company to the American Revolution |
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Page v
... earliest settlement to the present time . I offer no apology for any departure I may have made from the conventional treatment of financial themes , in the relatively large proportion of space which I have devoted to the exposi- tion of ...
... earliest settlement to the present time . I offer no apology for any departure I may have made from the conventional treatment of financial themes , in the relatively large proportion of space which I have devoted to the exposi- tion of ...
Page viii
... Early Provincial Legislation . 42. - Failure and Reform . 43. - The Turning Point .. 44. - The Choice of Assessors . 45. - Changes in the System 46. - Number of Assessors ; Time of Choice 47. - Qualifications of Assessors . 48 ...
... Early Provincial Legislation . 42. - Failure and Reform . 43. - The Turning Point .. 44. - The Choice of Assessors . 45. - Changes in the System 46. - Number of Assessors ; Time of Choice 47. - Qualifications of Assessors . 48 ...
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... early day , for the adequate sustaining of which , though it is far less spectacular than any of those above men- tioned , unremitting rehearsal and many public performances during a period of over two hundred and fifty years have ...
... early day , for the adequate sustaining of which , though it is far less spectacular than any of those above men- tioned , unremitting rehearsal and many public performances during a period of over two hundred and fifty years have ...
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... early as June 17th , 1629,2 while the 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 ...
... early as June 17th , 1629,2 while the 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 ...
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... early governors of any posi- tive interest in , if not by the presence in them of actual con- 1 On September 28th , 1630 . 2 See Winthrop's History of New England II . , 311 . 3 Hutchinson , speaking of Winthrop's being called sharply ...
... early governors of any posi- tive interest in , if not by the presence in them of actual con- 1 On September 28th , 1630 . 2 See Winthrop's History of New England II . , 311 . 3 Hutchinson , speaking of Winthrop's being called sharply ...
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