The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... further to retain Gibraltar and Port Mahon , those keys of the Mediterranean , to receive the Asiento for thirty years , and to annex all St Christopher , French Newfoundland and Hudson Bay and Straits , frustrating thus in North ...
... further to retain Gibraltar and Port Mahon , those keys of the Mediterranean , to receive the Asiento for thirty years , and to annex all St Christopher , French Newfoundland and Hudson Bay and Straits , frustrating thus in North ...
Page 398
... further issues . By 1715 they totalled £ 474,000 . These bills were issued by the Government . But in 1701 a plan was put forward for establishing a Land Bank , to issue paper money on security of land . This scheme was revived in 1714 ...
... further issues . By 1715 they totalled £ 474,000 . These bills were issued by the Government . But in 1701 a plan was put forward for establishing a Land Bank , to issue paper money on security of land . This scheme was revived in 1714 ...
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... further consideration or additional information , or even despatched it elsewhere for examination and further report . When all the preliminary work had been completed , the Committee made its own report to the Council , which embodied ...
... further consideration or additional information , or even despatched it elsewhere for examination and further report . When all the preliminary work had been completed , the Committee made its own report to the Council , which embodied ...
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