The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political ScienceJohn Martin Vincent Johns Hopkins University Press, 1895 |
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... meetings between September , 1727 , and February , 1733 , and of a few meetings held in later years.1 It it to be greatly regretted that the earlier statutes and records of the colony are in such a wretched condition . Much help ...
... meetings between September , 1727 , and February , 1733 , and of a few meetings held in later years.1 It it to be greatly regretted that the earlier statutes and records of the colony are in such a wretched condition . Much help ...
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... meeting with failure , he issued a pro- clamation dissolving the Assembly . But the Assembly re- solved its election to have been illegal and adjourned to a neighboring tavern , where it continued to sit as a “ conven- tion . " A ...
... meeting with failure , he issued a pro- clamation dissolving the Assembly . But the Assembly re- solved its election to have been illegal and adjourned to a neighboring tavern , where it continued to sit as a “ conven- tion . " A ...
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... meeting of the Council , where his commission was read and recorded and he himself took the oaths of Allegi- ance and Supremacy , signed the Declaration against Tran- substantiation , etc. , as required of all English officeholders ...
... meeting of the Council , where his commission was read and recorded and he himself took the oaths of Allegi- ance and Supremacy , signed the Declaration against Tran- substantiation , etc. , as required of all English officeholders ...
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... meetings were to be held , at which con- troversies were to be decided , questions relating to war and peace settled , treaties drawn up and bills prepared for the consideration of Parliament , the popular legislative body . Thirteen ...
... meetings were to be held , at which con- troversies were to be decided , questions relating to war and peace settled , treaties drawn up and bills prepared for the consideration of Parliament , the popular legislative body . Thirteen ...
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... Meetings were held irregularly at the call of the Governor . A quorum consisted of three , but the Governors were always ... meeting they attended . " Collections , " I. , 87 ; II . , 176 ; Stokes , 151 , 152 , 177 , 237 . " Collections ...
... Meetings were held irregularly at the call of the Governor . A quorum consisted of three , but the Governors were always ... meeting they attended . " Collections , " I. , 87 ; II . , 176 ; Stokes , 151 , 152 , 177 , 237 . " Collections ...
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Page 38 - Neighbours, the Taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the Government were the only Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly; and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God...
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Page 79 - T an adjournment of the court of general sessions of the peace, oyer •*•* and terminer, assize and general goal delivery, held at Charlestown, for the district of Charlestown, on Tuesday the 2$d day of April, 1776, before the Hon.
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Page 41 - That the people of this State ought to have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police thereof.