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MESERVE: Defray (ph) represents a group that wants the lab and its economic benefits in San Antonio, Texas, one of several competing sites.
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Deposited in the hands of the Engineer to Defray Expenses for surveying -- preparatory to Draining the Swamp Lands belonging to the State as per his receipt on in the papers of the Board
The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. II Charles Lee 1908
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Defray thy debt to the world; eat not the seed of institutions, as the luxurious do, but plant it rather, while thou devourest the pulpand tuber for thy subsistence; that so, perchance, one variety may at last be found worthy of preservation.
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The rest of the Contingent Charges we have made a Shift to Defray, by Sale of Corn & provision
Letter from Robert Carter to Micajah and Richard Perry, July 14, 1720 1720
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Attended with so much Dificulty that We were Obliged to Sell some small Plunder on board of Our Own Vessell to Defray our Charges and also that while We were at Surranam Three of Our Slaves Ran away from
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Celebrity Memorabilia Site Offers to Defray Corey Haim Funeral Costs Haim Mom: City Of Toronto Covering Corey's Funeral; Memorabilia Site …
WeSmirch 2010
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Minutes After The Who Finish Their Half Times Show Performance During The Super Bowl www. theotherhalftimeshow.org Hopes to Raise $80K to Help Defray Out of Pocket Costs for Lung Transplant
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Resolved That the Sum of four Pounds & eight shillings be paid out of the publick Treasury to the Treasurer of the Town of Boston to Defray the charge abovementioned [Concurred in by the Council, and approved March 17, 1703-4.
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