scrabbling
scrabbling You weren't allowed to settle here for the first hundred years because the overseas merchants wanted to keep all the goodies for themselves. They figured settlers were nothing but trouble, wanting land grants and concessions and finally to run the show themselves. So we had to hide a...
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| Language: | English |
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1976
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/51432 |
| Summary: | scrabbling You weren't allowed to settle here for the first hundred years because the overseas merchants wanted to keep all the goodies for themselves. They figured settlers were nothing but trouble, wanting land grants and concessions and finally to run the show themselves. So we had to hide away in the coves, and look what that did to us. Turned us into half-starved criminals, scrabbling to make a living. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story JAN 1976 JH JAN 1976 Not used Not used Withdrawn |
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