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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... planters and merchants . The richest planters spent much of their time in England with ample means to pull the strings of State . Rarely has any interest gathered to itself so much power linked to so much that was odious and in ...
... planters and merchants . The richest planters spent much of their time in England with ample means to pull the strings of State . Rarely has any interest gathered to itself so much power linked to so much that was odious and in ...
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... planter . Some of the ships taken by Hawkins belonged to the owners of the concession , and one of their witnesses testified to an incident which shows how the English appreciated the situation : Dixit ipse testis se ipso audiente ...
... planter . Some of the ships taken by Hawkins belonged to the owners of the concession , and one of their witnesses testified to an incident which shows how the English appreciated the situation : Dixit ipse testis se ipso audiente ...
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... Planters of the City of London for the First Colony in Virginia " . Sir Thomas Smythe was appointed treasurer , and thenceforward for eight years he was the undisputed leader of the enterprise . This was a matter of great im- portance ...
... Planters of the City of London for the First Colony in Virginia " . Sir Thomas Smythe was appointed treasurer , and thenceforward for eight years he was the undisputed leader of the enterprise . This was a matter of great im- portance ...
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... planters " who invested as their contri- bution their labour and that of their families and servants . The appeal of the enterprise was well and systematically advertised , and sub- scriptions were invited from all classes in the ...
... planters " who invested as their contri- bution their labour and that of their families and servants . The appeal of the enterprise was well and systematically advertised , and sub- scriptions were invited from all classes in the ...
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... planters the colony had a firm nucleus for future growth , and it gradually began to extend from James Town in scattered clearings along the banks of the creeks and rivers that formed the only avenues of transport through the primeval ...
... planters the colony had a firm nucleus for future growth , and it gradually began to extend from James Town in scattered clearings along the banks of the creeks and rivers that formed the only avenues of transport through the primeval ...
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