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Excerpt from An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Vol. 3 of 4
As to King james, he alfuredly confidered the colonies as acquired by conquefi and that they ought to be holden of his perfon, independent of his crown or political capacity; and might be ruled according to his good will, by prerogative: and he endeavoured, agreeably to the {trange economy of his reign, to convert them into a mere private citate, defcendible to his perfonal heirs.f.
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