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... tion and vituperation , of inspiration and exaspera- tion , vi PREFACE IN WASHINGTON'S CABINET.
... tion and vituperation , of inspiration and exaspera- tion , vi PREFACE IN WASHINGTON'S CABINET.
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David Saville Muzzey. tion and vituperation , of inspiration and exaspera- tion , still provoked by the mention of the name of Thomas Jefferson . Suggestions in explanation of this anomaly will appear frequently in the following pages ...
David Saville Muzzey. tion and vituperation , of inspiration and exaspera- tion , still provoked by the mention of the name of Thomas Jefferson . Suggestions in explanation of this anomaly will appear frequently in the following pages ...
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... tion of the legality of writs of assistance , and a general tightening up of the customs control . Mas- sachusetts had protested in a circular letter to the colonies , drawn up by Samuel Adams , and Lord Hillsborough had ordered the ...
... tion of the legality of writs of assistance , and a general tightening up of the customs control . Mas- sachusetts had protested in a circular letter to the colonies , drawn up by Samuel Adams , and Lord Hillsborough had ordered the ...
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... tion of property was swift and sure . The whole can colonies had fallen off from 877,193 pounds , paying a duty of £ 9,723 , in 1768–9 , to 237,062 pounds , paying a duty of only £ 1,677 , in 1772-3 . Yet no one could believe that the ...
... tion of property was swift and sure . The whole can colonies had fallen off from 877,193 pounds , paying a duty of £ 9,723 , in 1768–9 , to 237,062 pounds , paying a duty of only £ 1,677 , in 1772-3 . Yet no one could believe that the ...
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... tion , but not of raising revenue . " Jefferson took the ground from the beginning that our connection with England was simply the per- sonal union of the American and British parts of the Empire under the same sovereign . document ...
... tion , but not of raising revenue . " Jefferson took the ground from the beginning that our connection with England was simply the per- sonal union of the American and British parts of the Empire under the same sovereign . document ...
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