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A Source Book in American History to 1787

Note 99 — C. COLONIAL AMERICA, 1660-1760

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That act decreed that, in order to vote, a man must own "fifty acres of land, ... twelve acres thereof, or more, cleared and improved; or be otherwise worth fifty pounds lawful money" above all indebtedness.

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