The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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persons with ready money at command were the merchants who , as a rule , cared little for ideas such as attracted the projectors . In the early days of Virginia and Bermuda Smythe was willing for the sake of his ideas to wait long for ...
persons with ready money at command were the merchants who , as a rule , cared little for ideas such as attracted the projectors . In the early days of Virginia and Bermuda Smythe was willing for the sake of his ideas to wait long for ...
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It was difficult to restrict imports , for the greater part of the commerce in the south was in the hands of English and Scottish merchants . These were said to number some two thousand and the planters were heavily indebted to them .
It was difficult to restrict imports , for the greater part of the commerce in the south was in the hands of English and Scottish merchants . These were said to number some two thousand and the planters were heavily indebted to them .
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The colonial merchants expressed their thanks to the committee of merchants in London for their good services in securing the repeal of the Stamp Act and “ for strenuous efforts and unremitted application in favour of the liberties and ...
The colonial merchants expressed their thanks to the committee of merchants in London for their good services in securing the repeal of the Stamp Act and “ for strenuous efforts and unremitted application in favour of the liberties and ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1 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 Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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