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... , and sedulously extended his knowledge of surveying. In 1818 the discovery of a North-West Passage to the Pacific became again, after a long interval, an object of national interest, and Lieutenant Franklin. 30. FRANKLIN,. SIR. JOHN.
... , and sedulously extended his knowledge of surveying. In 1818 the discovery of a North-West Passage to the Pacific became again, after a long interval, an object of national interest, and Lieutenant Franklin. 30. FRANKLIN,. SIR. JOHN.
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... Interest of Great Britain Considered with Regard to Her Colonies , and the Acquisitions of Canada and Guadeloupe ( 1760 ) . This pamphlet answered the argument that it would be unsafe to keep Canada because of the added strength that ...
... Interest of Great Britain Considered with Regard to Her Colonies , and the Acquisitions of Canada and Guadeloupe ( 1760 ) . This pamphlet answered the argument that it would be unsafe to keep Canada because of the added strength that ...
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... interest . void . His " Debby , " or his " dear child , " as Franklin usually Strengthen my resolution to perform what that wisdom dictates . addressed her in his letters , received into the family , soon after Accept my kind offices to ...
... interest . void . His " Debby , " or his " dear child , " as Franklin usually Strengthen my resolution to perform what that wisdom dictates . addressed her in his letters , received into the family , soon after Accept my kind offices to ...
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... interest low and will promote immigration and home manufactures , and which did much to secure the further issue of paper money in Penn- sylvania . After the British Act of 1750 forbidding the erection or the operating of iron or steel ...
... interest low and will promote immigration and home manufactures , and which did much to secure the further issue of paper money in Penn- sylvania . After the British Act of 1750 forbidding the erection or the operating of iron or steel ...
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... interest , one of his most popular measures being the his peculiar fitness for the command of such an enterprise . opening of the doors of the legislative council to the public . To calmness in danger , promptness and fertility of ...
... interest , one of his most popular measures being the his peculiar fitness for the command of such an enterprise . opening of the doors of the legislative council to the public . To calmness in danger , promptness and fertility of ...
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Page 32 - The Lord Jesus, as king and head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.
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