Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789: Aboriginal intercourse with the colonistsHoughton, Mifflin, 1963 - New England |
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... poor , banished chil- dren . Governor Hopkins stated that , for more than thirty years prior to 1764 , Rhode Island sent to the Coast annually eighteen vessels carrying 1,800 hhds . rum . It displaced French brandies in the trade of the ...
... poor , banished chil- dren . Governor Hopkins stated that , for more than thirty years prior to 1764 , Rhode Island sent to the Coast annually eighteen vessels carrying 1,800 hhds . rum . It displaced French brandies in the trade of the ...
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William Babcock Weeden. 1713-45 . ] VERY POOR LITERATURE . 545 In turning the pages of these wills and inventories , and in reading the meagre lists of books found among these excellent people , we wonder that such poor literature could ...
William Babcock Weeden. 1713-45 . ] VERY POOR LITERATURE . 545 In turning the pages of these wills and inventories , and in reading the meagre lists of books found among these excellent people , we wonder that such poor literature could ...
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... Poor Richard's Almanac " ; with its annual circulation of ten thousand copies for about sixteen years . In the year 1757 he gathered the proverbs and senten- tious maxims and printed them together . " The piece , being universally ...
... Poor Richard's Almanac " ; with its annual circulation of ten thousand copies for about sixteen years . In the year 1757 he gathered the proverbs and senten- tious maxims and printed them together . " The piece , being universally ...
Contents
CHAPTER XII | 449 |
How the eighteenth century went wrong | 458 |
CHAPTER XIII | 473 |
Copyright | |
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