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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They petitioned the governor to assemble the general court , and addressed a
letter to the agent for the province in England , stating the character in which they
met , and the motives which brought them together . After expressing their ...
They petitioned the governor to assemble the general court , and addressed a
letter to the agent for the province in England , stating the character in which they
met , and the motives which brought them together . After expressing their ...
Page 158
Soon after this , a bill was brought in for better rogulating the government of the
province of Massachussetts Bay . By this act , the charter was totally subverted ,
and the nomination of counsellors , and of all magistrates and officers , vested in
...
Soon after this , a bill was brought in for better rogulating the government of the
province of Massachussetts Bay . By this act , the charter was totally subverted ,
and the nomination of counsellors , and of all magistrates and officers , vested in
...
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Resolved , by the Jords spiritual and temporal in par . liament assembled , that ,
in these circumstances of the province of the Massachussetts Bay , and of the
town of Boston , the preservation of the public peace , and the due execution of
the ...
Resolved , by the Jords spiritual and temporal in par . liament assembled , that ,
in these circumstances of the province of the Massachussetts Bay , and of the
town of Boston , the preservation of the public peace , and the due execution of
the ...
Page 47
... the town , and within the harbour of Boston , in the province of Massachussetts
Bay in North America ; ' another entitled , ' An act for the better regulating the
government of the province of Massachussetts Bay in New England ; ' and
another ...
... the town , and within the harbour of Boston , in the province of Massachussetts
Bay in North America ; ' another entitled , ' An act for the better regulating the
government of the province of Massachussetts Bay in New England ; ' and
another ...
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... and assembly , or general court of any of his majesty ' s provinces or colonies
in America , shall propose to make provision , according to the condition ,
circumstances , and situation of such province or colony , for contributing its
proportion ...
... and assembly , or general court of any of his majesty ' s provinces or colonies
in America , shall propose to make provision , according to the condition ,
circumstances , and situation of such province or colony , for contributing its
proportion ...
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