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Page 78
... duties on licensed vellum , parchment and paper . " This act laid ' The English edition of Robertson's History , in three volumes , 8vo , then sold for six dollars ... duty of two - thirds of a penny on 78 HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA .
... duties on licensed vellum , parchment and paper . " This act laid ' The English edition of Robertson's History , in three volumes , 8vo , then sold for six dollars ... duty of two - thirds of a penny on 78 HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA .
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... duty on all advertisements inserted in the newspapers printed in this commonwealth . This act was thought by the publisher of the Spy , and by many others , to lay an improper restraint on the press . He therefore discontinued the Spy ...
... duty on all advertisements inserted in the newspapers printed in this commonwealth . This act was thought by the publisher of the Spy , and by many others , to lay an improper restraint on the press . He therefore discontinued the Spy ...
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... not so attentive to his duty as he should have been , read it to his congregation as it was printed , thus - " We shall all be HANGED in the rectly accused him of giving orders to postriders not to 112 HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA .
... not so attentive to his duty as he should have been , read it to his congregation as it was printed , thus - " We shall all be HANGED in the rectly accused him of giving orders to postriders not to 112 HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA .
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American Antiquarian Society. late paragraphs without investigating the facts so closely as his duty to the Public demanded ; trusting to their feel- ings , and depending on their generosity , he begs them to look over past errors , and ...
American Antiquarian Society. late paragraphs without investigating the facts so closely as his duty to the Public demanded ; trusting to their feel- ings , and depending on their generosity , he begs them to look over past errors , and ...
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... duty , " apologized to the pub- lic for the omission of one week's publication , and hoped that the irregu- larity of the mail from New York , since the first great fall of snow , and the severe cold preceding Christmas , which froze ...
... duty , " apologized to the pub- lic for the omission of one week's publication , and hoped that the irregu- larity of the mail from New York , since the first great fall of snow , and the severe cold preceding Christmas , which froze ...
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Page 510 - The Economy of Human Life, translated from an Indian Manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin ; to which is prefixed, an Account of the Manner in which the said Manuscript was discovered. In a Letter from an English Gentleman, now residing in China, to the Earl of...
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Page 532 - A Memorial, containing a summary view of facts, with their authorities, in answer to the observations sent by the English Ministry to the Courts of Europe. Translated from the French.