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Page 10
... Grenville began to put into operation a plan for the taxation of the American colonies , with the threefold object of increasing the British revenue to meet the large debt contracted in the French 10 THOMAS JEFFERSON.
... Grenville began to put into operation a plan for the taxation of the American colonies , with the threefold object of increasing the British revenue to meet the large debt contracted in the French 10 THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Page 11
David Saville Muzzey. revenue to meet the large debt contracted in the French war , of restoring the vigor of the Navigation Acts , which bound the commerce of the colonies by rules imposed by the British Parliament , and of raising ...
David Saville Muzzey. revenue to meet the large debt contracted in the French war , of restoring the vigor of the Navigation Acts , which bound the commerce of the colonies by rules imposed by the British Parliament , and of raising ...
Page 16
... debt ) and slaves that was about equal to Jefferson's own estate . Mrs. Jefferson was extraordinarily endowed with both charm and sense , though her physical strength began to fail soon after her marriage . Her death in 1782 broke a ...
... debt ) and slaves that was about equal to Jefferson's own estate . Mrs. Jefferson was extraordinarily endowed with both charm and sense , though her physical strength began to fail soon after her marriage . Her death in 1782 broke a ...
Page 55
... debt which might hang like a millstone about the neck of an incompetent or extravagant proprie- tor . The law of primogeniture devised the entire property to the eldest son , leaving his mother and sisters dependent on his bounty and ...
... debt which might hang like a millstone about the neck of an incompetent or extravagant proprie- tor . The law of primogeniture devised the entire property to the eldest son , leaving his mother and sisters dependent on his bounty and ...
Page 66
... some were dismissed finally into the realm of the utopian . The successful measures included the abolition of the slave - trade , the laws for the recovery of debts , for the organization of the courts , 66 THOMAS JEFFERSON.
... some were dismissed finally into the realm of the utopian . The successful measures included the abolition of the slave - trade , the laws for the recovery of debts , for the organization of the courts , 66 THOMAS JEFFERSON.
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