The History of Georgia: Containing Brief Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events, Up to the Present Day, Volume 1Seymour & Williams, 1811 - Georgia |
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... troops , and agriculture was but lit- tle attended to . Spain justified herself in these acts of aggression , on the common right of all the human race to freedom . The colonists in re turn HISTORY OF GEORGIA , 1722—28 . 7.
... troops , and agriculture was but lit- tle attended to . Spain justified herself in these acts of aggression , on the common right of all the human race to freedom . The colonists in re turn HISTORY OF GEORGIA , 1722—28 . 7.
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... colonists in re turn claimed a right to the labour of slaves , for whom they had paid a price equal to the va- lue of their services , and urged that their condi tion in that capacity was greatly ameliorated , by bringing them from a ...
... colonists in re turn claimed a right to the labour of slaves , for whom they had paid a price equal to the va- lue of their services , and urged that their condi tion in that capacity was greatly ameliorated , by bringing them from a ...
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... colonists , in trust for them or their survivors ; to make grants from time to time to every man of twenty years of age or upwards , who might afterwards arrive in Geor . gia ; to be divided into fifty acre lots , on the terms ...
... colonists , in trust for them or their survivors ; to make grants from time to time to every man of twenty years of age or upwards , who might afterwards arrive in Geor . gia ; to be divided into fifty acre lots , on the terms ...
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... " Oglethorpe accepted the present , a treaty was concluded to the satisfaction of both parties , the See appendix No. 2 . colonists appeared satisfied with their condition , and every thing 36 HISTORY OF GEORGIA , 1733 .
... " Oglethorpe accepted the present , a treaty was concluded to the satisfaction of both parties , the See appendix No. 2 . colonists appeared satisfied with their condition , and every thing 36 HISTORY OF GEORGIA , 1733 .
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... colonists appeared satisfied with their condition , and every thing seemed to promise prosperity to the new colony . When Oglethorpe came over from Eng- land he was not vested with full powers , conse- quently the ratification of the ...
... colonists appeared satisfied with their condition , and every thing seemed to promise prosperity to the new colony . When Oglethorpe came over from Eng- land he was not vested with full powers , conse- quently the ratification of the ...
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Page 332 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 355 - ... of our especial grace, certain knowledge,- and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do...
Page 311 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Page 312 - Resolved, 6. That they are entitled to the benefit of such of the English statutes, as existed at the time of their colonization ; and which they have, by experience, respectively found to be applicable to their several local and other circumstances.
Page 346 - And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, for us, our heirs and successors, grant, by these presents, to the...
Page 311 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
Page 350 - ... given and granted full power and authority from time to time to administer oaths or affirmations, for the better discovery of truth in any matter in controversy or depending before them.
Page 312 - British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Page 356 - And lastly, we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the said James Russell, his executors, administrators, and assigns, that these, our letters patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual, in the law, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and...