Humane Policy: Or, Justice to the Aborigines of New Settlements Essential to a Due Expenditure of British Money, and to the Best Interests of the Settlers. With Suggestions how to Civilise the Natives by an Improved Administration of Existing MeansT. & G. Underwood, 1830 - 248 páginas |
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