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Page 88
... inhabitants of the said island , presuming that they had a natural right to make the best use they could of the natural productions of their country , for their own benefit , have not only built furnaces for smelting the said stone into ...
... inhabitants of the said island , presuming that they had a natural right to make the best use they could of the natural productions of their country , for their own benefit , have not only built furnaces for smelting the said stone into ...
Page 103
... inhabitants ; but , instead of garrisoning the forts on their frontiers with those troops , to prevent incursions , demolish those forts , and order the troops into the heart of the country , that the savages may be encouraged to attack ...
... inhabitants ; but , instead of garrisoning the forts on their frontiers with those troops , to prevent incursions , demolish those forts , and order the troops into the heart of the country , that the savages may be encouraged to attack ...
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... inhabitants live so scattered and re- mote from each other in that vast country , that posts cannot be supported among them , and therefore they cannot get stamps per post . The English co- lonies too along the frontiers are very thinly ...
... inhabitants live so scattered and re- mote from each other in that vast country , that posts cannot be supported among them , and therefore they cannot get stamps per post . The English co- lonies too along the frontiers are very thinly ...
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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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