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That leaves Hadji and Simbala whom the emigra - tion authority stubbornly refuses to regularize.
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The attend* ance in the interval between those two periods of bustle and fa - shion, was but moderate, in consequence of the numerous emigra - tions of the gayer class of inhabitants, to the different watering places.
The Monthly mirror: reflecting men and manners; with strictures on their epitome, the stage .. 1795
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We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigra - tion and settlement here, [no one of which could warrant so strange a pretension: that these were effected at the expense of our own blood and treasure, unassisted by the wealth or the strength of Great Britain: that in constituting indeed our several forms of gov - ernment, we had adopted one common king, thereby Laying a foundation for perpetual league and amity with them: but that sub mission to their parliament was no part of our constitution, nor ever in idea, if history may be credited: and,] we [] appealed to have
Autobiography 1821
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1 I am also acting as agent for the Am.Col. Society for this last emigra tion that came from Lynchburg here
Liberian Letters: William Douglass to a Friend 1866 January 29 1866
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