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Excerpt from Currency and Banking in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, Vol. 1: Currency It was not my intention to publish a history Of the currency Of the Province Of the Massachusetts Bay when I originally entered upon the investigations which have furnished the material for this volume. The subject outside the economic field is not in itself attractive. The redundant phraseology of the statutes which stand as sources Of authority for ...

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from...

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Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - "There are, " says Father Brebeuf in his account of what was worthy of note among the Hurons in 1636, [Footnote: Relations des Jesuites, Quebec, 1858, p. 113.] "three kinds of games particularly in vogue with this people, cross, platter, and straw. The first two are, they say, supre...

Excerpt from A Few Notes Concerning the Records of Harvard College William H. Tillinghast. Notes on the Historical Hydrography of the Handkerchief Shoal in the Bahamas. J. D. Whitney. List of American Authors in Geology and Palaeontology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten B...

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Excerpt from Certain Old Chinese Notes, or Chinese Paper Money: A Communication Presented to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, at 28 Newbury Street, Boston, on the 10th of February, 1915So, too, it may be expected that the dawning interest in the subject Will lead to the acquisition by our museums Of specimens of these notes, other than the one kwan Ming note Of the last quarter Of the fourteenth century, now to be found in some of th...

Excerpt from Hints of Contemporary Life in the Writings of Thomas Shepard After laying down certain general propositions the author goes on specifically as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, pr...

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Excerpt from The Confiscation Laws of Massachusetts The Act for disarming persons notoriously disaffected to the cause of America, passed 1 May, 1776 (province Laws, v. 479) The Act for taking up and restraining persons dangerous to this State, passed 9 May, 1777 (ibid. V. The Act for securing this and the other United States against the danger to which they are exposed by the internal enemies thereof, passed 10 May, 1777 (ibid. V. 648) Abo...

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Excerpt from Jackson's LL. D: A Tempest in a Tea-Pot From 1780 to 1880 inclusive, the gubernatorial chair of the State of Massachusetts was filled by twenty-eight persons, each of whom, with the exception of Increase Sumner, who was governor from 1797 to 1799, received from Harvard College, either before or during his term of service, the degree of LL. D. By far the greater number of these degrees was conferred at the first Commencement after...

Excerpt from Colonial Currency Reprints, Vol. 4: 1682-1751 "The distressed state of the town of Boston, " etc., and "The distressed state of the town of Boston once more considered, " etc., the latter containing a scheme for a private bank of emission. The literature covering these two periods is contained in Volumes I and II of our reprints. The third period of activity for the pamphleteers was brought about by the attempt to supply a curren...