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... debts . The briskness of the trade ceasing with the war , the merchants were anxious for payment , which occa- sioned some confusion in the colonies , and stirred up a clamor in England against paper - money . The board of trade , of ...
... debts . The briskness of the trade ceasing with the war , the merchants were anxious for payment , which occa- sioned some confusion in the colonies , and stirred up a clamor in England against paper - money . The board of trade , of ...
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... debt indeed to Britain has increased , because their numbers , and of course their trade , have increased ; for all trade having always a pro- portion of debt outstanding , which is paid in its turn , while fresh debt is contracted ...
... debt indeed to Britain has increased , because their numbers , and of course their trade , have increased ; for all trade having always a pro- portion of debt outstanding , which is paid in its turn , while fresh debt is contracted ...
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... debt . New England , particularly in 1696 ( about the time they began the use of paper - money ) had in all its four provinces but 130 churches or congrega- tions ; in 1760 they were 530. The number of farms and buildings there is ...
... debt . New England , particularly in 1696 ( about the time they began the use of paper - money ) had in all its four provinces but 130 churches or congrega- tions ; in 1760 they were 530. The number of farms and buildings there is ...
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... debts as payable in Britain , and not to be discharged but by as much paper ( whatever might be the rate of exchange ) as would purchase a bill for the full sterling sum . On the contrary , the merchants have been great gainers by the ...
... debts as payable in Britain , and not to be discharged but by as much paper ( whatever might be the rate of exchange ) as would purchase a bill for the full sterling sum . On the contrary , the merchants have been great gainers by the ...
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... debt ; they will not suffer us to restrain the luxury of our inhabitants , as they do that of their own , by laws they can make laws to discourage or prohibit the importation of French superfluities : but though , those of England are ...
... debt ; they will not suffer us to restrain the luxury of our inhabitants , as they do that of their own , by laws they can make laws to discourage or prohibit the importation of French superfluities : but though , those of England are ...
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