Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789: Aboriginal intercourse with the colonistsHoughton, Mifflin, 1963 - New England |
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... Rhode Island were receivable for all dues to the colony . The Massachusetts government attempted to fix the value of the new tenor at one for three of the old , but the current rate became one for four.2 The same proportion prevailed in ...
... Rhode Island were receivable for all dues to the colony . The Massachusetts government attempted to fix the value of the new tenor at one for three of the old , but the current rate became one for four.2 The same proportion prevailed in ...
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... Rhode Isl- their higher nature . This partisan warfare and excels in suited the independent , self - containing spirit of privateering . the Rhode Islanders . There was reason for the success of the Rhode Island privateers , as well as ...
... Rhode Isl- their higher nature . This partisan warfare and excels in suited the independent , self - containing spirit of privateering . the Rhode Islanders . There was reason for the success of the Rhode Island privateers , as well as ...
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... Rhode Island.1 She had issued paper more heavily than Massachusetts , she had less property as a basis , and she received a smaller relative proportion of specie from England . Massachusetts had issued about £ 112 paper per capita ; Rhode ...
... Rhode Island.1 She had issued paper more heavily than Massachusetts , she had less property as a basis , and she received a smaller relative proportion of specie from England . Massachusetts had issued about £ 112 paper per capita ; Rhode ...
Contents
CHAPTER XII | 449 |
How the eighteenth century went wrong | 458 |
CHAPTER XIII | 473 |
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