The Governmental History of the United States of America: From the Earliest Settlement to the Adoption of the Present Federal Constitution |
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... trade and navigation , she had remained inactive , unaltered , and unimproved : Her own ships and sea- men had not ventured out of sight of her coasts , while her mariners and her merchants were hardly acquainted with the distant ports ...
... trade and navigation , she had remained inactive , unaltered , and unimproved : Her own ships and sea- men had not ventured out of sight of her coasts , while her mariners and her merchants were hardly acquainted with the distant ports ...
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... trade with the natives . A period of more than sixty years was per- mitted to pass away before the Crown became again actively interested in its discoveries in America . A variety of causes , which I need not detail , had com- bined to ...
... trade with the natives . A period of more than sixty years was per- mitted to pass away before the Crown became again actively interested in its discoveries in America . A variety of causes , which I need not detail , had com- bined to ...
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... trade , and industry in her kingdom . The rapid progress made in the art of navi - Maritime gation , in a few years , nearly outran the attainments of progress more experienced nations , a navy was built up , seamen abeth . were ...
... trade , and industry in her kingdom . The rapid progress made in the art of navi - Maritime gation , in a few years , nearly outran the attainments of progress more experienced nations , a navy was built up , seamen abeth . were ...
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... trade . strictions XVI . Moreover , our gracious will and pleasure is , and we do , by these presents , for us , our heirs , and suc- cessors , declare and set forth , that if any person or per- sons , which shall be of any of the said ...
... trade . strictions XVI . Moreover , our gracious will and pleasure is , and we do , by these presents , for us , our heirs , and suc- cessors , declare and set forth , that if any person or per- sons , which shall be of any of the said ...
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... trade together all in one stock , in common or divideably but in two or three stocks at the most , stock . and bring not only all the fruits of their labours there , but also all other goods and commodities which shall To be de- posited ...
... trade together all in one stock , in common or divideably but in two or three stocks at the most , stock . and bring not only all the fruits of their labours there , but also all other goods and commodities which shall To be de- posited ...
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