CONVICTS
\kˈɒnvɪkts], \kˈɒnvɪkts], \k_ˈɒ_n_v_ɪ_k_t_s]\
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In 1619, by order of King James I., one hundred convicts were sent from England to be sold as servants. For more than a century this practice was from time to time followed in the case of the royal colonies, in spite of colonial protests.
By John Franklin Jameson
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tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].