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The Late Regulations Respecting the British Colonies

 
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dc.contributor.author Dickinson, John
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The Late Regulations Respecting the British Colonies
by
John Dickinson
From “Pamphlets of the American Revolution”, Ed. by Bernard Bailyn
I — THE LATE REGULATIONS
Sir,
When I last wrote to you and said “that the late measures respecting America would not only be extremely injurious to the colonies but also to Great Britain,” I little thought I was entering into an engagement which would oblige me to exceed the usual limits of a letter; but since you desire to have at large the reasons in support of this opinion, and I always think it my duty to comply with your requests, I will endeavor in the clearest manner I can to lay my sentiments before you.
The American continental colonies are inhabited by persons of small fortune, who are so closely employed in subduing a wild country for their subsistence and who
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labor under such difficulties in contending with old and populous countries which must exceed them in workmanship and cheapness, that they have not time nor any temptation to a . . .
										
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