The Life of Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence, and Third President of the United States ...Andrus, Woodruff, & Gauntlett, 1843 - 267 Seiten |
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... Bill , by which that port was to be shut up on the first of June , 1774 , was the next event which aroused the indignation and excited the sympathies of the house . It arrived while they were in session in the spring of 1774. It was at ...
... Bill , by which that port was to be shut up on the first of June , 1774 , was the next event which aroused the indignation and excited the sympathies of the house . It arrived while they were in session in the spring of 1774. It was at ...
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... Bill was to go into operation , should be set apart by the members as a day of fasting , humiliation and prayer , ' ' devoutly to implore the divine interposition for averting the heavy calamities which threatened destruction to their ...
... Bill was to go into operation , should be set apart by the members as a day of fasting , humiliation and prayer , ' ' devoutly to implore the divine interposition for averting the heavy calamities which threatened destruction to their ...
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... bill of attainder , which was commenced in one of the houses of parliament , but was speedily sup- pressed . In the same bill the names of Hancock , the two Adamses , Peyton Randolph , and Patrick Henry , were inserted . We are now ...
... bill of attainder , which was commenced in one of the houses of parliament , but was speedily sup- pressed . In the same bill the names of Hancock , the two Adamses , Peyton Randolph , and Patrick Henry , were inserted . We are now ...
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... bill , the object of which was to restrict the commerce of New England to Great Britain , Ireland , and the West India islands , and prohibit , at the same time , the fishery of New- foundland . This bill was also approved by a great ...
... bill , the object of which was to restrict the commerce of New England to Great Britain , Ireland , and the West India islands , and prohibit , at the same time , the fishery of New- foundland . This bill was also approved by a great ...
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... bills were prepared , from which are derived all the most liberal features of the existing laws of the commonwealth . The share of Mr. Jefferson in this great task was prominent and laborious . To him Virginia is indebted for the laws ...
... bills were prepared , from which are derived all the most liberal features of the existing laws of the commonwealth . The share of Mr. Jefferson in this great task was prominent and laborious . To him Virginia is indebted for the laws ...
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