The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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THE CEDED ISLANDS 151 that a sufficient quantity of negro labourers should be furnished to work on the fortifications , both Council and Assembly agreed . But when the former attempted to amend the proposed joint Address to the Governor ...
THE CEDED ISLANDS 151 that a sufficient quantity of negro labourers should be furnished to work on the fortifications , both Council and Assembly agreed . But when the former attempted to amend the proposed joint Address to the Governor ...
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But in Nova Scotia , where the franchise was very low and where the reforming party had recently found an energetic leader in Joseph Howe , a young journalist of great courage and resource , the Assembly came to an open breach with the ...
But in Nova Scotia , where the franchise was very low and where the reforming party had recently found an energetic leader in Joseph Howe , a young journalist of great courage and resource , the Assembly came to an open breach with the ...
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The Assembly in 1853 made a new attempt to cut down official salaries by 20 per cent . and , on its rejection by the Council , broke off all relations with the latter and refused to vote the annual supplies .
The Assembly in 1853 made a new attempt to cut down official salaries by 20 per cent . and , on its rejection by the Council , broke off all relations with the latter and refused to vote the annual supplies .
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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