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Page 154
... debts to Britain of course remain- ed undischarged , and the clamour continued , These knavish Americans will not pay us ! Many of the British debts , particularly in Virginia and the Carolinas , arose from the sales made of ne- groes ...
... debts to Britain of course remain- ed undischarged , and the clamour continued , These knavish Americans will not pay us ! Many of the British debts , particularly in Virginia and the Carolinas , arose from the sales made of ne- groes ...
Page 159
... debts ; it being thought unfair , in cases where there was not sufficient for all , that the inhabitants , taking ... debts , but expressly taking it away where the debt was due from citizens of the state to any of the subjects of Great ...
... debts ; it being thought unfair , in cases where there was not sufficient for all , that the inhabitants , taking ... debts , but expressly taking it away where the debt was due from citizens of the state to any of the subjects of Great ...
Page 194
... debts , and be paid by the lower sort of people , who were too poor easily to pay their debts . It is therefore a heavy tax on the poor , and a tax upon them for being poor . Q. But will not this increase of expense be a means of ...
... debts , and be paid by the lower sort of people , who were too poor easily to pay their debts . It is therefore a heavy tax on the poor , and a tax upon them for being poor . Q. But will not this increase of expense be a means of ...
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On the criminal laws and the practice of privateering | 51 |
A dialogue between Great Britain France Spain | 107 |
The internal state of America being a true descrip | 121 |
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