The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, Band 4Childs & Peterson, 1840 |
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... passed in the general assembly of our said province , to the like effect as that passed here in the seventh and eighth years of his late Majesty's reign , entitled , ' An Act , that the solemn affirmation and declaration of the people ...
... passed in the general assembly of our said province , to the like effect as that passed here in the seventh and eighth years of his late Majesty's reign , entitled , ' An Act , that the solemn affirmation and declaration of the people ...
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... Members of Assembly and to regulate the Elections , " and " An Act for regulating the Elections of Sheriffs and Coroners ; " both passed in the fourth of Queen Anne . I know it has been asserted , to intimidate us 90 FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS .
... Members of Assembly and to regulate the Elections , " and " An Act for regulating the Elections of Sheriffs and Coroners ; " both passed in the fourth of Queen Anne . I know it has been asserted , to intimidate us 90 FRANKLIN'S WRITINGS .
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... passed at the same time by Governor Evans , ) were duly laid before the Queen in council ; who , on the 28th of April , 1709 , referred the same to the Board of Trade . The Board , on the 8th of September , 1709 , reported upon the said ...
... passed at the same time by Governor Evans , ) were duly laid before the Queen in council ; who , on the 28th of April , 1709 , referred the same to the Board of Trade . The Board , on the 8th of September , 1709 , reported upon the said ...
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... passed against any offen- der by such court - martial shall be put in execution , until report be made of the whole proceedings to the governor or commander - in - chief of this province for the time being , and his directions signified ...
... passed against any offen- der by such court - martial shall be put in execution , until report be made of the whole proceedings to the governor or commander - in - chief of this province for the time being , and his directions signified ...
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... passing ; they usually amounted to a thousand pounds per annum . But when the governors and assemblies disagreed , so that laws were not passed , the presents were withheld . When a disposition to agree ensued , there sometimes still re ...
... passing ; they usually amounted to a thousand pounds per annum . But when the governors and assemblies disagreed , so that laws were not passed , the presents were withheld . When a disposition to agree ensued , there sometimes still re ...
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Seite 48 - Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Seite 393 - Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Seite 97 - Neither will you, upon any account, at any time whatsoever, disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court-martial, unless required to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in a due course of law. So help you God.
Seite 376 - ... for the hearing and determining all causes, as well criminal as civil, according to law and equity, and, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England...
Seite 306 - Company; as also all the lands and territories lying to the westward of the sources of the rivers which fall into the sea from the west and northwest...
Seite 376 - ... so soon as the state and circumstances of the said colonies will admit thereof, they shall, with the advice and consent of the members of our council, summon and call General Assemblies...
Seite 266 - ... when they see them the acts of that power, which is itself the security, not the rival, of their secondary importance. In this assurance my mind most perfectly acquiesces, and I confess I feel not the least alarm from the discontents which are to arise from putting people at their ease; nor do I apprehend the destruction of this empire from giving, by an act of free grace and indulgence, to two millions of my fellow citizens, some share of those rights upon which I have always been taught to...
Seite 477 - The house have humbly represented to the ministry their own sentiments ; that his majesty's high court of parliament is the supreme legislative, power over the whole empire : that in all free states the constitution is fixed : and, as the supreme legislative derives its power and authority from the constitution, it cannot overleap the bounds of it, without destroying its...
Seite 169 - The best in the world. They submitted willingly to the government of the Crown, and paid, in all their courts, obedience to acts of parliament. Numerous as the people are in the several old provinces, they cost you nothing in forts, citadels, garrisons or armies, to keep them in subjection. They were governed by this country at the expence only of a little pen, ink and paper.
Seite 90 - THAT the Freemen in each respective county at the time and place of meeting for electing their representatives to serve in Assembly...