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Benjamin Franklin. the intervention of the assemblies , their assemblies will soon be looked upon as useless ; and a govern- or will not call them , as having nothing to hope from their meeting , and perhaps something to fear from their ...
Benjamin Franklin. the intervention of the assemblies , their assemblies will soon be looked upon as useless ; and a govern- or will not call them , as having nothing to hope from their meeting , and perhaps something to fear from their ...
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... assembly , and that the fair intentions above ascribed to them in making the former act , are not merely the imagination of the writer . Indeed , the clamour has been much aug- Extract from an act of General Assembly of Pennsylvania ...
... assembly , and that the fair intentions above ascribed to them in making the former act , are not merely the imagination of the writer . Indeed , the clamour has been much aug- Extract from an act of General Assembly of Pennsylvania ...
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... assembly , declaring the dis- tinction , in which I think every assembly , on the con- tinent , and every member in every assembly , have been unanimous . Q. What then could occasion conversations on that subject before that time ? A ...
... assembly , declaring the dis- tinction , in which I think every assembly , on the con- tinent , and every member in every assembly , have been unanimous . Q. What then could occasion conversations on that subject before that time ? A ...
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On the criminal laws and the practice of privateering | 51 |
A dialogue between Great Britain France Spain | 107 |
The internal state of America being a true descrip | 121 |
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