Annual Register, Volume 19Edmund Burke 1779 - History |
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... Royal Highland Emi- grants , to be compofed of natives of that country who had lately ar- rived in America , and who in confequence of the troubles had not obtained fettlements . With thefe and fome Canadians , to the amount of a few ...
... Royal Highland Emi- grants , to be compofed of natives of that country who had lately ar- rived in America , and who in confequence of the troubles had not obtained fettlements . With thefe and fome Canadians , to the amount of a few ...
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... royal proclamation of the 23d of August . D URING thefe proceedings in Canada , a long courfe of jealoufy , diftruit , fufpicion , and altercation , between the Governor , and the major part of the governed , in the colony of Virginia ...
... royal proclamation of the 23d of August . D URING thefe proceedings in Canada , a long courfe of jealoufy , diftruit , fufpicion , and altercation , between the Governor , and the major part of the governed , in the colony of Virginia ...
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... royal ftandard , of enfranchizing the ne- groes , arming them against their mafters , and deftroying the city , with other expreffions of a fimilar nature and tendency , not only fpread a general alarm throughout the colony , but ...
... royal ftandard , of enfranchizing the ne- groes , arming them against their mafters , and deftroying the city , with other expreffions of a fimilar nature and tendency , not only fpread a general alarm throughout the colony , but ...
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... royal proclama- tion for fuppreffing rebellion and fedition , which was iffued at St. James's on the 23d of Auguft . In this piece they combated and de- nied the charges of forgetting their allegiance , of treafon , and rebel- lion ...
... royal proclama- tion for fuppreffing rebellion and fedition , which was iffued at St. James's on the 23d of Auguft . In this piece they combated and de- nied the charges of forgetting their allegiance , of treafon , and rebel- lion ...
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... royal mercy was given , as foon , as the deluded mul- titude fhould become fenfible of their error , and to prevent the in- conveniences which might arise from the great distance of their fi- tuation , and to remove as foon as poffible ...
... royal mercy was given , as foon , as the deluded mul- titude fhould become fenfible of their error , and to prevent the in- conveniences which might arise from the great distance of their fi- tuation , and to remove as foon as poffible ...
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