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 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 AMERICAWilliam Jackson |
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... Liberty . No difpofition to alter thofe facred records will ever be dif- covered on the part of your Grace . The political principles cherished by you , are favourable to the rights of Nature to the happiness of our spe- cies ; and ...
... Liberty . No difpofition to alter thofe facred records will ever be dif- covered on the part of your Grace . The political principles cherished by you , are favourable to the rights of Nature to the happiness of our spe- cies ; and ...
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... liberty , and property ; and have never ceded , to any fovereign power whatever , a right to difpofe of either without their consent . Refolved , n . c . 2. That our ancestors were , at the time of their emigration from the Mother ...
... liberty , and property ; and have never ceded , to any fovereign power whatever , a right to difpofe of either without their consent . Refolved , n . c . 2. That our ancestors were , at the time of their emigration from the Mother ...
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... liberty , and pro- perty of his Majesty's fubjects in North - America , we are of opinion , that a non - importation , non - con- fumption , and non - exportation agreement , faithfully adhered to , will prove the most speedy ...
... liberty , and pro- perty of his Majesty's fubjects in North - America , we are of opinion , that a non - importation , non - con- fumption , and non - exportation agreement , faithfully adhered to , will prove the most speedy ...
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... liberty ; and thenceforth we refpectively will break off all dealings with him or her . XII . That the Committee of Correfpondence in the refpective Colonies do frequently infpect the en- tries of their cuftom - houfes , and inform each ...
... liberty ; and thenceforth we refpectively will break off all dealings with him or her . XII . That the Committee of Correfpondence in the refpective Colonies do frequently infpect the en- tries of their cuftom - houfes , and inform each ...
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... liberty , or eftate , for worship- ping God in the manner and season most agree- able to the dictates of his own confcience ; or for his religious profeffion or fentiments ; pro- vided he doth not disturb the public peace , or obftruct ...
... liberty , or eftate , for worship- ping God in the manner and season most agree- able to the dictates of his own confcience ; or for his religious profeffion or fentiments ; pro- vided he doth not disturb the public peace , or obftruct ...
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