A Compendium of the History of the United States: From the Earliest Settlements to 1872E. J. Hale, 1875 - 513 pages |
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... votes for their magis- trates and other officers , as well as upon all matters of government . This was afterwards changed . In different localities the freemen held meetings , and chose deputies or delegates to meet in a common council ...
... votes for their magis- trates and other officers , as well as upon all matters of government . This was afterwards changed . In different localities the freemen held meetings , and chose deputies or delegates to meet in a common council ...
Page 94
... voting in the morning for one of the candidates , and in the afternoon declaring for the other . Soon afterwards he died suddenly , and after his death it was ascertained that his second vote had been ob- tained by bribery . 19. The ...
... voting in the morning for one of the candidates , and in the afternoon declaring for the other . Soon afterwards he died suddenly , and after his death it was ascertained that his second vote had been ob- tained by bribery . 19. The ...
Page 137
... voted , and at as early a day as possible in 1740 , at the head of two thou- sandR men , some of them Carolinians and some friendly Indians , he set out on the expedition against St. Augus- tine . Up to this time about twenty - five ...
... voted , and at as early a day as possible in 1740 , at the head of two thou- sandR men , some of them Carolinians and some friendly Indians , he set out on the expedition against St. Augus- tine . Up to this time about twenty - five ...
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... vote on all questions coming before it , without regard to popula tion or the number of delegates sent by the ... votes taken upon all ques tions coming before it ? What did this Congress do ? What did Lord Chathaw Fay of the addresses ...
... vote on all questions coming before it , without regard to popula tion or the number of delegates sent by the ... votes taken upon all ques tions coming before it ? What did this Congress do ? What did Lord Chathaw Fay of the addresses ...
Page 168
... voted the equipment of twelve thousand men , and the enlistment of one - fourth the militia 16. What did General Gage , the the Legislature or General Court do ? did Lord Chatham do carly in 1775 ? Governor of Massachusetts , do ? What ...
... voted the equipment of twelve thousand men , and the enlistment of one - fourth the militia 16. What did General Gage , the the Legislature or General Court do ? did Lord Chatham do carly in 1775 ? Governor of Massachusetts , do ? What ...
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