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He also reported that cannon had been cast, and the colony was now fully supplied with them. He reported on the construction of four ships. (One was finished and the others were expected soon to be.) The revolt in
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Some time before, the Crown had ordered an increase of 2% in the duty on goods sent from the
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299:and James Alexander Robertson, eds.,
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