The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America; the Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation Between the Said States: To which are Now Added, the Declaration of Rights; the Non-importation Agreement; and the Petition of Congress to the King Delivered by Mr. Penn. With an Appendix, Containing the Treaties Between His Most Chriistan [sic] Majesty and the United States of America; the Provisional Treaty with America; and (never Before Published) an Authentic Copy of the Treaty Concluded Between Their High Mightinesses the States-General, and the United States of America |
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Page ii
... . The people at large are fo thoroughly convinced of the rectitude of Your Grace's intentions , that implicit confi- dence is the tribute they moft chear- fully fully pay to your virtue . Plain fenfe and common DEDICATION .
... . The people at large are fo thoroughly convinced of the rectitude of Your Grace's intentions , that implicit confi- dence is the tribute they moft chear- fully fully pay to your virtue . Plain fenfe and common DEDICATION .
Page iii
... common honefty , my Lord , are perfectly fatisfied : It is only cafuistry , scepticism , and disappointed ambition , which proposes doubts as palliatives of rudeness , as excufes for cavil , or pre- tenfions to cenfure . I have the ...
... common honefty , my Lord , are perfectly fatisfied : It is only cafuistry , scepticism , and disappointed ambition , which proposes doubts as palliatives of rudeness , as excufes for cavil , or pre- tenfions to cenfure . I have the ...
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... Common Law of England , and , more especially , to the great and inestimable privi- lege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage , according to the courfe of that law . Refolved , Refolved , 6. That they are entitled to the bene ...
... Common Law of England , and , more especially , to the great and inestimable privi- lege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage , according to the courfe of that law . Refolved , Refolved , 6. That they are entitled to the bene ...
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... of their conduct , and the de- termined refolution of the Colonies , for the prefer vation of their Common Rights , to unite in their oppo- oppofition to thofe Acts . In confequence of thefse fentiments AMERICAN STATE PAPERS . xiii.
... of their conduct , and the de- termined refolution of the Colonies , for the prefer vation of their Common Rights , to unite in their oppo- oppofition to thofe Acts . In confequence of thefse fentiments AMERICAN STATE PAPERS . xiii.
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... common councils , may be improved into a happy and perma- nent reconciliation ; and that in the mean time mea- fures may be taken for preventing the further de- ftruction of the lives of your Majefty's fubjects , and that fuch ftatutes ...
... common councils , may be improved into a happy and perma- nent reconciliation ; and that in the mean time mea- fures may be taken for preventing the further de- ftruction of the lives of your Majefty's fubjects , and that fuch ftatutes ...
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