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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... instructions " , drafted by the Com- missioners of the Customs , as a part of their usual orders from the Crown . These instructions , relatively brief at first , became very for- midable after 1715 and particularly after 1760. A ...
... instructions " , drafted by the Com- missioners of the Customs , as a part of their usual orders from the Crown . These instructions , relatively brief at first , became very for- midable after 1715 and particularly after 1760. A ...
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... INSTRUCTIONS 419 colonies . The Board of Trade , in whose office these instructions were drawn up , sought assistance from many quarters . It called on former governors , merchants , and colonists resident in England . It sometimes ...
... INSTRUCTIONS 419 colonies . The Board of Trade , in whose office these instructions were drawn up , sought assistance from many quarters . It called on former governors , merchants , and colonists resident in England . It sometimes ...
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... instructions or were repugnant to the laws of England . By successive instructions and by decisions of the Crown lawyers or of the counsel to the Board of Trade , the Assembly was forbidden to concern itself with any matter that lay ...
... instructions or were repugnant to the laws of England . By successive instructions and by decisions of the Crown lawyers or of the counsel to the Board of Trade , the Assembly was forbidden to concern itself with any matter that lay ...
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