The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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... authority , having been appointed governor of the colony . A complimentary address from the regiment , stating their pleasure at his arrival and appoint- ment , and the readiness with which they would execute his commands , was ...
... authority , having been appointed governor of the colony . A complimentary address from the regiment , stating their pleasure at his arrival and appoint- ment , and the readiness with which they would execute his commands , was ...
Page 73
... authority to search any house whatever for dutiable articles suspected to be concealed in it . The right to grant special warrants was never contested , but this grant of a general warrant was deemed contrary to the principles of ...
... authority to search any house whatever for dutiable articles suspected to be concealed in it . The right to grant special warrants was never contested , but this grant of a general warrant was deemed contrary to the principles of ...
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... authority which might right- supremacy of fully be exercised by the mother country over and its right her colonies , had never been accurately defined . parliament , to tax the colonies . In Britain , it had always been asserted , that ...
... authority which might right- supremacy of fully be exercised by the mother country over and its right her colonies , had never been accurately defined . parliament , to tax the colonies . In Britain , it had always been asserted , that ...
Page 75
... authority , other than that of the general court , to impose on the colony any tax whatever ; and also asserting those principles of national liberty , which are found in magna charta . CHAP . II . Not long afterwards , the legislature ...
... authority , other than that of the general court , to impose on the colony any tax whatever ; and also asserting those principles of national liberty , which are found in magna charta . CHAP . II . Not long afterwards , the legislature ...
Page 76
... authority claimed by the governor , and not to that of the mother country , passed an act similar to that of Massachussetts , in which its own supremacy , not only in matters of taxation , but of general legislation , is expressly ...
... authority claimed by the governor , and not to that of the mother country , passed an act similar to that of Massachussetts , in which its own supremacy , not only in matters of taxation , but of general legislation , is expressly ...
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