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 2 |
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II . scheme for taxing the colonies by authority of 1763 . parliament had been
formed so early as the year 1739 , and recommended to government by a club of
American merchants , at the head of whom was sir William Keith , governor of ...
II . scheme for taxing the colonies by authority of 1763 . parliament had been
formed so early as the year 1739 , and recommended to government by a club of
American merchants , at the head of whom was sir William Keith , governor of ...
Page 98
The reason assigned for not complying with this act of parliament , seems to
evidence the opinion that it was rightfully obligatory : and yet the requisitions of
the mutiny act were unquestionably a tax , and between the power of parliament
to ...
The reason assigned for not complying with this act of parliament , seems to
evidence the opinion that it was rightfully obligatory : and yet the requisitions of
the mutiny act were unquestionably a tax , and between the power of parliament
to ...
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That it is the right of the British subjects in these colonies to petition the king , or
either house of parliament . XIV . That it is the indispensable duty of these
colonies , to the best of sovereigns , to the mother country , and to themselves , to
...
That it is the right of the British subjects in these colonies to petition the king , or
either house of parliament . XIV . That it is the indispensable duty of these
colonies , to the best of sovereigns , to the mother country , and to themselves , to
...
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The house have humbly represented to the ministry their own sentiments ; that
his majesty ' s high court of parliament is the supreme legislative power over the
whole empire : that in all free states the constitution is fixed : and , as the supreme
...
The house have humbly represented to the ministry their own sentiments ; that
his majesty ' s high court of parliament is the supreme legislative power over the
whole empire : that in all free states the constitution is fixed : and , as the supreme
...
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Resolved , by the lords spiritual and temporal in parliament assembled , that the
votes , resolutions , and proceedings , of the house of representatives of
Massachussetts Bay , in the month of January and February last , respecting
several late ...
Resolved , by the lords spiritual and temporal in parliament assembled , that the
votes , resolutions , and proceedings , of the house of representatives of
Massachussetts Bay , in the month of January and February last , respecting
several late ...
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| Title | 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 ..., Volume 2 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, Bushrod Washington |
| Author | John Marshall |
| Publisher | C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2007 |
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