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CHAPTER XI — COLONIAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT | |
| 75. Clerk Ephraim Herman: The Business of a County Court, 1681 |
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| 76. Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, and Common Council of Albany: Records of a City Government, 1700 |
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| 77. Vestry of St. Paul's Parish, Chowan Precinct: Records of a Vestry Meeting, 1702 |
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| 78. Clerk Captain Richard Waterman: Proceedings of a Town-Meeting, 1721 |
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| 79. John Adams: The Dignity of a Selectman, 1763-1766 |
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PART IV COLONIAL LIFE | |
| CHAPTER XII — THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE | |
| 80. Madam Sarah Kemble Knight: A Lady's Travel in New England, 1704 |
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| 81. Benjamin Franklin "A Man Diligent in his Calling," |
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| 82. Colonel William Byrd: Society in Virginia, 1732 |
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| 83. Eliza Lucas: A Modern Woman, 1741-1742 |
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| 84. Captain Francis Goelet: Roisterers in Boston, 1750 |
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CHAPTER XIII — COMMERCE AND CURRENCY | |
| 85. Governor the Earl of Bellomont: Official Protection of Pirates, 1698 |
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| 86. Anonymous: A Plea for Protective Duties, 1704 |
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| 87. Collector Archibald Kennedy: A Case of Smuggling, 1739 |
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| 88. Governor William Burnet: A Defence of Paper Money, 1724 |
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| 89. Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations: Paper Money Forbidden, 1740 |
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