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in whichever colony he was posted to, often against significant local popular and political resistance. His actions were a significant contribution to the development of Great
Britain's colonial administrative infrastructure, but he remained unpopular in the dominion. During the
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American colonies in the eighteenth century. Gloucester, Massachusetts: Peter Smith reprint, permission of Columbia University Press. V.1, pp. 162-163.
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to pass legislation to prevent colonial misconduct related to trade in 1696. In 1696, Randolph appealed a
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