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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... America , where by cultivating the waste and desolate lands , they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence , but also strengthen his majesty's colonies and in- crease the trade , navigation and wealth of his majesty's realms ; and ...
... America , where by cultivating the waste and desolate lands , they might not only gain a comfortable subsistence , but also strengthen his majesty's colonies and in- crease the trade , navigation and wealth of his majesty's realms ; and ...
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... America , which lies from the most northern stream of a ri- ver then commonly called Savannah , all along the sea coast to the southward , unto the most southern stream of a certain other great water or - i river called the Alatamaha ...
... America , which lies from the most northern stream of a ri- ver then commonly called Savannah , all along the sea coast to the southward , unto the most southern stream of a certain other great water or - i river called the Alatamaha ...
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... America , are by law re- quired to do , and give security for observing the acts of parliament relating to trade and navigation ; and obeying , all instruction from his majesty or any acting under his authority , pursuant to the said ...
... America , are by law re- quired to do , and give security for observing the acts of parliament relating to trade and navigation ; and obeying , all instruction from his majesty or any acting under his authority , pursuant to the said ...
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... America . Having however determined to connect dates rather than circumstances , this subject will be particularly noticed in its proper place . It was obligatory on the trustees to exhibit an account annually on the 9th of June , to ...
... America . Having however determined to connect dates rather than circumstances , this subject will be particularly noticed in its proper place . It was obligatory on the trustees to exhibit an account annually on the 9th of June , to ...
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... ; and for some time there were more imprisonments , whipping , & c . of the white people , in this colony of liberty , than in all British America besides : Corn - mills , saw - mills , public roads 54 HISTORY OF GEORGIA , 1735. ~
... ; and for some time there were more imprisonments , whipping , & c . of the white people , in this colony of liberty , than in all British America besides : Corn - mills , saw - mills , public roads 54 HISTORY OF GEORGIA , 1735. ~
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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...