Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume 20The Society, 1920 - Massachusetts Primarily consists of: Transactions, v. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, 32, 34-35, 38, 42-43; and: Collections, v. 2, 4, 9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-31, 33, 36-37, 39-41; also includes lists of members. |
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... fact that it had been discovered by some of their respective navigators , Pope Alexander the Sixth , in 1493 , settled the matter as between the Portuguese and the Span- iards by a compromise which divided all the new world between them ...
... fact that it had been discovered by some of their respective navigators , Pope Alexander the Sixth , in 1493 , settled the matter as between the Portuguese and the Span- iards by a compromise which divided all the new world between them ...
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... fact that he sent its library the third copy of Vattel . About eight years ago , when I was browsing one June day in the Harvard Library , I came across Dumas's Vattel . I had already made use of the copy in Philadelphia , and it was a ...
... fact that he sent its library the third copy of Vattel . About eight years ago , when I was browsing one June day in the Harvard Library , I came across Dumas's Vattel . I had already made use of the copy in Philadelphia , and it was a ...
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... fact of their age will win for these sons the respect and reverence of your grandchildren and of your great - grandchildren , together with the acknowl- edged right when they become literally the elders of the nation , to control it in ...
... fact of their age will win for these sons the respect and reverence of your grandchildren and of your great - grandchildren , together with the acknowl- edged right when they become literally the elders of the nation , to control it in ...
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... facts , has given these facts an importance out of all proportion to anything that contemporary Englishmen would have recognized . Important as it is to know what the actual details of any historical event were , those who expound the facts ...
... facts , has given these facts an importance out of all proportion to anything that contemporary Englishmen would have recognized . Important as it is to know what the actual details of any historical event were , those who expound the facts ...
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... fact that he had to write the book in six nights , as he 1 The newspapers at that time had double dates , the one cited in the text being dated March 13-20 . As here printed , the date of the day of publication only is given . says , it ...
... fact that he had to write the book in six nights , as he 1 The newspapers at that time had double dates , the one cited in the text being dated March 13-20 . As here printed , the date of the day of publication only is given . says , it ...
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