A Short History of the United States, 1492-1938Macmillan, 1939 - 1039 pages |
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Page 144
... British port and visit a foreign place under a false registry . On returning home a few casks of British sugar on the top of a large quantity of French sugar would satisfy a conniving customs inspector ; and if a vessel was seized now ...
... British port and visit a foreign place under a false registry . On returning home a few casks of British sugar on the top of a large quantity of French sugar would satisfy a conniving customs inspector ; and if a vessel was seized now ...
Page 307
... British ships cruised off the American harbors searching all vessels that came out or went in , it was hard for the president to restrain the people from acts which must have led to hostilities . Case of the Polly . Less irritating ...
... British ships cruised off the American harbors searching all vessels that came out or went in , it was hard for the president to restrain the people from acts which must have led to hostilities . Case of the Polly . Less irritating ...
Page 314
... British sailors , and Admiral Berkley , commanding the British ships on the station at Halifax , ordered that she be intercepted at sea and searched . Her captain , Barron , was ordered by the president to take care that no British ...
... British sailors , and Admiral Berkley , commanding the British ships on the station at Halifax , ordered that she be intercepted at sea and searched . Her captain , Barron , was ordered by the president to take care that no British ...
Contents
Better Times in the Colony | 50 |
The Plymouth Colony | 59 |
The Colonies under the Later Stuarts 16601689 | 92 |
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