Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 281
operty of the Crown of England. Our ancestors, whenthey resolved toquit their nativesoil, obtained fromKing James agrant of certainlands in NorthAmerica. Thisthey probably didto silence thecavils of their ene-mies, for it cannotbe doubted butthey despised thepretended rightwhich he claimedthereto.… … A Grant to Certain Lands in NorthAmerica. The Settlement of America 251 the principles of natural equity to suppose that thegrant gave them any right to take possession. Theytherefore entered into a treaty with the natives andbought from them the lands. Nor have I ever yet ob-tained any information…
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