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... writing in 1750 , give diametrically opposite opinions on this point . Birket says that Philadelphia " appeared to be the largest city in our America , " while Goelet calls Boston " the largest town upon the Continent . " hundreds of ...
... writing in 1750 , give diametrically opposite opinions on this point . Birket says that Philadelphia " appeared to be the largest city in our America , " while Goelet calls Boston " the largest town upon the Continent . " hundreds of ...
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... writing home to England in 1755 and trying to explain the use of the terms said : " Stores here [ in Virginia ] are much like shops in London , only with this difference , the shops sell but one kind or species of wares and stores all ...
... writing home to England in 1755 and trying to explain the use of the terms said : " Stores here [ in Virginia ] are much like shops in London , only with this difference , the shops sell but one kind or species of wares and stores all ...
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... writing of his travels in 1742 , though proud that the Quakers in the neighborhood of Annapolis were accounted " pretty topping people 1 in the world , " nevertheless regretted that they took HABILIMENTS AND HABITS . 75.
... writing of his travels in 1742 , though proud that the Quakers in the neighborhood of Annapolis were accounted " pretty topping people 1 in the world , " nevertheless regretted that they took HABILIMENTS AND HABITS . 75.
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... writing from Annapolis in 1771 , was of the opinion that a new fashion was adopted in America even ear- lier than in England , and he saw very little differ- ence " in the manner of a wealthy colonist and a wealthy Briton . " A thousand ...
... writing from Annapolis in 1771 , was of the opinion that a new fashion was adopted in America even ear- lier than in England , and he saw very little differ- ence " in the manner of a wealthy colonist and a wealthy Briton . " A thousand ...
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... writer spells them , were ordinarily used when neces- sary , and ear trumpets were occasionally resorted to by the deaf . Interesting and picturesque as are these mani- fold details of household equipment and personal use in the old ...
... writer spells them , were ordinarily used when neces- sary , and ear trumpets were occasionally resorted to by the deaf . Interesting and picturesque as are these mani- fold details of household equipment and personal use in the old ...
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