An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies |
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... pounds in its ad- vancement . The government of this province was by charter vested in the proprietary ; but it appears , that he either never exercised thefe powers alone , or but for a fhort time ; for we find , in 1637 , that the ...
... pounds in its ad- vancement . The government of this province was by charter vested in the proprietary ; but it appears , that he either never exercised thefe powers alone , or but for a fhort time ; for we find , in 1637 , that the ...
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... rents , valued at twenty - five years . purchase , and including arrears , at two hundred and fifty - nine thousand , four hundred and eighty - eight pounds , five fhillings , dollars at 7 / 6 - and the value of GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
... rents , valued at twenty - five years . purchase , and including arrears , at two hundred and fifty - nine thousand , four hundred and eighty - eight pounds , five fhillings , dollars at 7 / 6 - and the value of GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
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... pounds of the fame money . * VIRGINIA . We have already , when treating of the difcovery of North- America , given a brief history of the fettlement of this State to the year 1610 , when Lord Delaware arrived with fupplies for the ...
... pounds of the fame money . * VIRGINIA . We have already , when treating of the difcovery of North- America , given a brief history of the fettlement of this State to the year 1610 , when Lord Delaware arrived with fupplies for the ...
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... pounds : but the transportation of more than nine thoufand English fubjects had coft them one hundred and fifty thousand pounds . They did not , however , abandon the colony in its diftrefs while they continued a corporation . Timely ...
... pounds : but the transportation of more than nine thoufand English fubjects had coft them one hundred and fifty thousand pounds . They did not , however , abandon the colony in its diftrefs while they continued a corporation . Timely ...
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... pounds per annum upon the Epifcopal minifter at Charleston , for ever , and likewife to furnish him with a good house , a glebe , and two fervants . A very different fpirit wrought in the Earl of Bath , when he fucceeded to the power of ...
... pounds per annum upon the Epifcopal minifter at Charleston , for ever , and likewife to furnish him with a good house , a glebe , and two fervants . A very different fpirit wrought in the Earl of Bath , when he fucceeded to the power of ...
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