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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… than you may choose to give them. I ask you to pay the little scores the parties have run into to the poorer sort of … and asked for a copy of my speech. So far they have done little beyond the appointment of committees. They have …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of Effingham to the King. "It is with great concern, little less than trembling," that I report my intended … a trace of a settlement made by the English. Maps are of little importance. Those who make them try to push them by … The English certainly entered Rupert river, but knew it so little that they were guided by two French deserters from the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… up by the Governor in opposition to the King's laws are of little value. This place now suffers from the Governor's … the first Monday in February. Feb. 3. "Several matters of little moment." Assembly adjourned to a month later. Feb. 10. … him. Attestations presented against Mr. Bysshe, who made little answer. May 21. Order for an assessment to be made …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… and kept us quiet." This sentence shows the tone of this little pamphlet. The author tries to insinuate that Sir …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… regiment, mentioned to be nine hundred and thirty men, little exceeds five hundred. I cannot withdraw more than … me. I send what I have written however, though I have little hope from it. Copy. 1 p. Annexed, 932 I. Draft of an … like to have Captain Kegwin in the Assistance, Captain Houghton in the Bristol, and Captain Robinson in the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… observed the enemy repairing. The wind failing, there was little hope of reaching it that night, before which time … delay would be dangerous, thought it best to land in a little bay opposite to us, being of opinion that it was worth … they killed and wounded several of our men, we did them little damage. The Governor therefore ordered Colonel …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… as matters are managed at present in Maryland, I can do little with him. Colonel Copley, however, promises that it … for the office, however, for the district is full of little bays and requires much watching, the more so since … be a check on the other Collectors; but all help is too little to stem the illegal trade which has been encouraged by …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… returned and reported that though he could prevail little with the people and Government of Pennsylvania, yet … Government and his own administration, and to furnish a little assistance which, though trifling, was an introduction … duty without a sufficient number of soldiers. I have now little more than the name of Governor, especially since my …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… large tracts of land. Many of the people here have little better title than bare possession; so if the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… forasmuch as the 500 given by the Assembly on liquors is little towards that charge and the revenue appropriated for … of a coach and six horses (a pomp this place was as little used to as himself) struck a terror into the people … whom he would. The Assembly of Pennsylvania received little better usage from him while he was there. He …