The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Comp. Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative, Band 2J. Crissy, 1845 |
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... commerce , and the difficulty which would be found in diverting it from the channel it had once taken . " I am not , " he added , “ for discouraging the exertions of any state to draw the commerce of the western country to its sea ...
... commerce , and the difficulty which would be found in diverting it from the channel it had once taken . " I am not , " he added , “ for discouraging the exertions of any state to draw the commerce of the western country to its sea ...
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... commerce , and be a convenience to our citizens . " At length he determined , in the same letter which should convey his resolution not to retain the shares for his private emolument , to signify his willingness to hold them in trust ...
... commerce , and be a convenience to our citizens . " At length he determined , in the same letter which should convey his resolution not to retain the shares for his private emolument , to signify his willingness to hold them in trust ...
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... are laid open for our use ; and their collected wisdom may be happily employed n the establishment of our forms of government . The free cultivation VOL . II . 6 of letters ; the unbounded extension of commerce ; the GEORGE WASHINGTON . 81.
... are laid open for our use ; and their collected wisdom may be happily employed n the establishment of our forms of government . The free cultivation VOL . II . 6 of letters ; the unbounded extension of commerce ; the GEORGE WASHINGTON . 81.
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... commerce ; the progressive re- finement of manners ; the growing liberality of sentiment ; and above all , the pure and benign light of revelation ; have had a meliorating in- fluence on mankind , and increased the blessings of society ...
... commerce ; the progressive re- finement of manners ; the growing liberality of sentiment ; and above all , the pure and benign light of revelation ; have had a meliorating in- fluence on mankind , and increased the blessings of society ...
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... commerce of sufficient importance to ob- tain these objects , if it could be regulated by a single legislature . The reflecting part of America did not require this additional evidence of the sacrifice which had been made of national ...
... commerce of sufficient importance to ob- tain these objects , if it could be regulated by a single legislature . The reflecting part of America did not require this additional evidence of the sacrifice which had been made of national ...
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