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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... foreign af- fairs , assisted at these deliberations ; and the business was concluded with unusual celerity . A revenue was scarcely less necessary than an army ; and it was ob- vious that the means for carrying on the war must be ...
... foreign af- fairs , assisted at these deliberations ; and the business was concluded with unusual celerity . A revenue was scarcely less necessary than an army ; and it was ob- vious that the means for carrying on the war must be ...
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... foreign loans had not been sufficient to defray expenses it was impossible to avoid , at the close of that year , the expenditures of the su perintendent of the finances had exceeded his receipts four hundred and four thousand seven ...
... foreign loans had not been sufficient to defray expenses it was impossible to avoid , at the close of that year , the expenditures of the su perintendent of the finances had exceeded his receipts four hundred and four thousand seven ...
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... foreign and American officers who had served under him during the late war - and with almost every conspicuous political personage of his own , sented , in basso relievo , the following principal events of the war , in which General ...
... foreign and American officers who had served under him during the late war - and with almost every conspicuous political personage of his own , sented , in basso relievo , the following principal events of the war , in which General ...
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... foreign officers , with great avidity . But soon after it was organized , those jealousies which in its first moments had been concealed , burst forth into open view . In October , 1783 , a pamphlet was published by Mr. Burk of South ...
... foreign officers , with great avidity . But soon after it was organized , those jealousies which in its first moments had been concealed , burst forth into open view . In October , 1783 , a pamphlet was published by Mr. Burk of South ...
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... foreign nations . The treaties of the European powers with the United States of America , will have no validity on a dissolution of the union . We shall be left nearly in a state of nature , or we may find , by our own unhappy ...
... foreign nations . The treaties of the European powers with the United States of America , will have no validity on a dissolution of the union . We shall be left nearly in a state of nature , or we may find , by our own unhappy ...
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