History of the Republic of the United States of America: As Traced in the Writings of Alexander Hamilton and of His Contemporaries, Band 1D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... Connecticut and Delaware , by them designated as the " New Netherlands . " This grant conferred the exclu- sive right of visiting and trading with this distant region . " The sole object of this colonization was trade with the * 1614 ...
... Connecticut and Delaware , by them designated as the " New Netherlands . " This grant conferred the exclu- sive right of visiting and trading with this distant region . " The sole object of this colonization was trade with the * 1614 ...
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... Connecticut , called " the New England Intrusions . " The interior was trembling before the warlike Indian tribes , who , as the Six Nations , gave to the colonists the example of a Federal Republic , and , by their successes , taught ...
... Connecticut , called " the New England Intrusions . " The interior was trembling before the warlike Indian tribes , who , as the Six Nations , gave to the colonists the example of a Federal Republic , and , by their successes , taught ...
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... Connecticut , constituted a mass of discordant material , * but agreeing in one common feeling of resistance to the union of Church and State ; somewhat tolerant to each other , wholly intolerant to those of the Romish creed , † and to ...
... Connecticut , constituted a mass of discordant material , * but agreeing in one common feeling of resistance to the union of Church and State ; somewhat tolerant to each other , wholly intolerant to those of the Romish creed , † and to ...
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... Connecticut , Franklin and Penn from Penn- sylvania ; the lieutenant - governor of New York , James Delancey , presiding . The proposal of Massachusetts , though the first official recommendation of a Colonial Federal Government , was ...
... Connecticut , Franklin and Penn from Penn- sylvania ; the lieutenant - governor of New York , James Delancey , presiding . The proposal of Massachusetts , though the first official recommendation of a Colonial Federal Government , was ...
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... Connecticut † so as to bear less onerously on the poor , and the period of its going into effect was postponed . Franklin saw clearly its ultimate result . " Go home , " he * Letter of Agent of New York , Feb. 9 , 1765 . + Jared ...
... Connecticut † so as to bear less onerously on the poor , and the period of its going into effect was postponed . Franklin saw clearly its ultimate result . " Go home , " he * Letter of Agent of New York , Feb. 9 , 1765 . + Jared ...
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Seite 116 - Britain; and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the colonies for the preservation of internal peace, virtue and good order, as well as for the defence of their lives, liberties and properties, against the hostile invasions and cruel depredations of their enemies...
Seite 117 - Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, and Robert R. Livingston of New York.
Seite 61 - ... in all cases of taxation and internal polity subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Seite 60 - You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independency. Be assured that these are not facts, but calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall ever esteem a union with you to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness...
Seite 60 - ... tell you, that we will never submit to be hewers of wood or drawers of water for any ministry or nation in the world. Place us in the same situation that we were at the close of the last war, and our former harmony will be restored.
Seite 61 - But from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of both countries, we cheerfully consent, to the operation of such acts of the British parliament, as are bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members; excluding every idea of taxation internal or external, for raising a revenue, on the sublects in America,...
Seite 127 - ... for the enemy ? They would derive great conveniences from it, on the one hand, and much property would be destroyed on the other. It is an important question, but will admit of but little time for deliberation. At present, I dare say the enemy mean to preserve it if they can. If Congress, therefore, should resolve upon the destruction of it, the resolution should be a profound secret, as the knowledge will make a capital change in their plans.
Seite 282 - ... to remove and secure, for the benefit of the owners, all goods and effects, which...
Seite 412 - I can assure you that no person ever heard me drop an expression that had a tendency to resignation. The same principles that led me to embark in the opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain, operate with additional force at this day ; nor is it my desire to withdraw my services while they are considered of importance in the present contest: but to report a design of...
Seite 222 - I am persuaded, indulge as many more. The Connecticut troops will not be prevailed upon to stay longer than their term, saving those who have enlisted for the next campaign, and are mostly on furlough; and such a mercenary spirit pervades the whole that I should not be at all surprised at any disaster that may happen.