A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year 1763 to the Close of the Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797: Including a Summary View of the Political and Civil State of the North American Colonies, Prior to that Period, Том 2H. Howe and Durrie & Peck, 1828 |
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... observations upon it - King and council authorized to regulate the somacree of the United States -- Americans excluded from the West India trade -- Disputes with Great Britain about the inexecution of the treaty of peace -- Mr . Adams ...
... observations upon it - King and council authorized to regulate the somacree of the United States -- Americans excluded from the West India trade -- Disputes with Great Britain about the inexecution of the treaty of peace -- Mr . Adams ...
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... observe that four or five notes referred to , are not in the appendix . We had originally intended to insert them , but from their length , they would make the second volume considerably larger than the first , and as the substance of ...
... observe that four or five notes referred to , are not in the appendix . We had originally intended to insert them , but from their length , they would make the second volume considerably larger than the first , and as the substance of ...
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... observe , that as frequent settle- ments of the quotas for supplies and aids to be furnished by the several states in support of the general treasury , will be requisite , so they ought to be secured . It cannot be OF THE UNITED STATES .
... observe , that as frequent settle- ments of the quotas for supplies and aids to be furnished by the several states in support of the general treasury , will be requisite , so they ought to be secured . It cannot be OF THE UNITED STATES .
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... observe , that the present war , as we al- ways apprehended , was undertaken for the general defense and interest of the confederating colonies , now the United States . It was ever the confident expectation of this state , that the ...
... observe , that the present war , as we al- ways apprehended , was undertaken for the general defense and interest of the confederating colonies , now the United States . It was ever the confident expectation of this state , that the ...
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... observed , “ for preserving these several and essential inter- ests , we cannot help taking notice of the insidious interposition of a power , which has , from the first settlement of these colonies , been actuated with enmity to us ...
... observed , “ for preserving these several and essential inter- ests , we cannot help taking notice of the insidious interposition of a power , which has , from the first settlement of these colonies , been actuated with enmity to us ...
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