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4389. LAND, Colonial conquest.—

America
was conquered, and her settlements made and firmly established at the expense of individuals,
and not of the British public. Their
own blood was spilt in acquiring lands for their
settlement, their own fortunes expended in
making that settlement effectual.—
Rights of British America. Washington ed. i, 126. Ford ed., i, 430.
(1774)