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... merchants , to prey upon other merchants , who had never done them any injury . Is there probably any one of those privateering merchants of London , who were so ready to rob the merchants of Amster- dam , that would not as readily ...
... merchants , to prey upon other merchants , who had never done them any injury . Is there probably any one of those privateering merchants of London , who were so ready to rob the merchants of Amster- dam , that would not as readily ...
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... merchants in London may gain a commission on those goods passing through their hands : ( Portugal merchants , by the bye , that can complain loudly of the smallest hardships laid on their trade by foreign- ers , and yet even in the last ...
... merchants in London may gain a commission on those goods passing through their hands : ( Portugal merchants , by the bye , that can complain loudly of the smallest hardships laid on their trade by foreign- ers , and yet even in the last ...
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... merchants . The army also burnt to the ground the fine towns of Falmouth and Charlestown near Boston , New Lon- don , Fairfield , Norwalk , Esopus , Norfolk , the chief trading town in Virginia , besides innumerable tene- ments and ...
... merchants . The army also burnt to the ground the fine towns of Falmouth and Charlestown near Boston , New Lon- don , Fairfield , Norwalk , Esopus , Norfolk , the chief trading town in Virginia , besides innumerable tene- ments and ...
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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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