A History of the United States of America: On a Plan Adapted to the Capacity of Youth, and Designed to Aid the Memory by Systematic Arrangement and Interesting Associations |
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... bills of credit , as a substitute for money ; the first emission of the kind in the American colonies . 51. In 1692 , King William , who had refused to restore to Massachusetts her former charter , granted a new one , almost the only ...
... bills of credit , as a substitute for money ; the first emission of the kind in the American colonies . 51. In 1692 , King William , who had refused to restore to Massachusetts her former charter , granted a new one , almost the only ...
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... bill of sale of Newcastle , and a territory of twelve miles around it . The other was a bill granting a tract south of the former , as far as Cape Henlopen . These two deeds embraced the whole State of Delaware , known at that time by ...
... bill of sale of Newcastle , and a territory of twelve miles around it . The other was a bill granting a tract south of the former , as far as Cape Henlopen . These two deeds embraced the whole State of Delaware , known at that time by ...
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... bills of credit were issued to the amount of several millions . The bills issued by Massachusetts , during two or three years of the war , amounted to between two and three millions cur rency ; while , at the time of their emission ...
... bills of credit were issued to the amount of several millions . The bills issued by Massachusetts , during two or three years of the war , amounted to between two and three millions cur rency ; while , at the time of their emission ...
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... bill was brought in , the ministers , and particularly Charles Townshend , exclaimed : These Americans , - our own children , - planted by our care , nourished by our indulgence , protected by our arms , until they have grown to a good ...
... bill was brought in , the ministers , and particularly Charles Townshend , exclaimed : These Americans , - our own children , - planted by our care , nourished by our indulgence , protected by our arms , until they have grown to a good ...
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... bill passed both houses without much opposition , and received the royal assent . At the same time were passed two other acts , the one establishing a new board of custom - house officers in America , and the other restraining the ...
... bill passed both houses without much opposition , and received the royal assent . At the same time were passed two other acts , the one establishing a new board of custom - house officers in America , and the other restraining the ...
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Page 333 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Page 208 - I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid, we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel...
Page 208 - I have lived, sir, a long time ; and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, That God governs in the affairs of men ! And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.
Page 198 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping.
Page 216 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 198 - We join you in commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, beseeching him to dispose the hearts and minds of its citizens, to improve the opportunity afforded them of becoming a happy and respectable nation. And for you, we address to him our earnest prayers, that a life so beloved, may be fostered with all his care; that your days may be happy as they have been illustrious; and that he will finally give you that reward which this world cannot give.
Page 141 - They planted by your care ! No, your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and inhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable; and among others, to the cruelties...
Page 198 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Page 208 - I therefore beg leave to move, that henceforth prayers, imploring the assistance of heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business...
Page 333 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.