Collections of the Massachusetts Historical SocietyMassachusetts Historical Society, 1871 - Massachusetts For the statement above quoted, also for full bibliographical information regarding this publication, and for the contents of the volumes [1st ser.] v. 1- 7th series, v. 5, cf. Griffin, Bibl. of Amer. hist. society. 2d edition, 1907, p. 346-360. |
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Page 495
... mean the River Connecticut and if the people of Massachusetts Bay had made no settlement at that time on the West side of Connecticut River , as I am confident they had not , their charter can receive no other construction , either in ...
... mean the River Connecticut and if the people of Massachusetts Bay had made no settlement at that time on the West side of Connecticut River , as I am confident they had not , their charter can receive no other construction , either in ...
Page 497
... means for re- covering of the King's rights . But this cannot be done without great expense at law , for which there is great rea- son that provision be made , because no officer can do his duty without incurring the resentment of rich ...
... means for re- covering of the King's rights . But this cannot be done without great expense at law , for which there is great rea- son that provision be made , because no officer can do his duty without incurring the resentment of rich ...
Page 505
... mean pay as its thought the Governor cannot consent to , as it would entirely counteract the ser- vice . Philadelphia is doing nothing , Gen ! A , ask'd a thousand men but the assembly has not since sat . I have rec of the Treasurer ...
... mean pay as its thought the Governor cannot consent to , as it would entirely counteract the ser- vice . Philadelphia is doing nothing , Gen ! A , ask'd a thousand men but the assembly has not since sat . I have rec of the Treasurer ...
Page 507
... mean I am sure very fairly to the pub- lic- The lazy Committee I find have neither wrote to you nor the Agent , representing the state of the Colony but as the Assembly is just broke up , they propose setting about it without any ...
... mean I am sure very fairly to the pub- lic- The lazy Committee I find have neither wrote to you nor the Agent , representing the state of the Colony but as the Assembly is just broke up , they propose setting about it without any ...
Page 515
... means be neglected . — When the Cumberland packet sail'd I was out of town or you should not have been loaded with the postage of a bundle of insignificant papers - a Cap Grant of the 77th has ' em this Trip . The N. E. Governments seem ...
... means be neglected . — When the Cumberland packet sail'd I was out of town or you should not have been loaded with the postage of a bundle of insignificant papers - a Cap Grant of the 77th has ' em this Trip . The N. E. Governments seem ...
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Page 631 - Act passed in the first year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the first, intituled " An Act for the further security of His Majesty's Person and Government, and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret Abettors...
Page 632 - Kingdoms, as, after the time therein limited, requires the delivery of certain lists and copies, therein mentioned, to persons indicted of high treason or misprision of treason...
Page 631 - ... by an Act passed in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of King William the Third...
Page 667 - And whereas by an Act made in the Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of King William the Third, intituled " An Act for preventing Frauds, and regulating abuses in the Plantation Trade...
Page 659 - And you are to take especial Care, that a Table of Marriages established by the Canons of the Church of England...
Page 668 - Berwick-upon-Tweed, or are of the built of and belonging to any of the said lands, islands, plantations or territories as the proprietors and right owners thereof, and whereof the master and three fourths of the mariners at least are English...
Page 648 - Council, execution be suspended until the final determination of such appeals, unless good and sufficient security be given by the appellee to make ample restitution of all that the appellant shall have lost by means of such judgment or decree, in case upon the determination of such appeal decree or judgment should be reversed and restitution awarded to the appellant.
Page 639 - Commissioners for Trade and plantations, and duplicates thereof by the next Conveyance; in which Books shall be specified, every particular Sum raised or Disposed of together with the Names of the persons to whom any payment shall be made, to the End We may be satisfied of the Right and due application of the Revenue...
Page 641 - Government, whereby Bills of Credit may be struck or issued in lieu of Money, without a Clause be inserted in such Act, declaring that the same shall not take Effect until the said Act shall have been approved and confirmed by Us, Our Heirs or Successors.
Page 644 - An Act for ascertaining the rates of foreign Coins in Her Majesty's Plantations in America...