The Life of Benjamin Franklin; with Selections from His Miscellaneous WorksSimpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1849 - 162 Seiten |
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... Congress ; and on his route thither , being a most zealous advocate for the rights of the colonies , he projected a scheme of union , embracing the regulation of all the great political interests of the colonies and the mother country ...
... Congress ; and on his route thither , being a most zealous advocate for the rights of the colonies , he projected a scheme of union , embracing the regulation of all the great political interests of the colonies and the mother country ...
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... Congress , which was to meet in Philadelphia on the 10th of May . At this time the whole country was thrown into a state of ex- treme agitation by the news of the conflict at Lexington and Concord , in which the British troops were the ...
... Congress , which was to meet in Philadelphia on the 10th of May . At this time the whole country was thrown into a state of ex- treme agitation by the news of the conflict at Lexington and Concord , in which the British troops were the ...
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... Congress had therefore to make provision for a new one , appointing Franklin , post- master - general , with a salary of one thousand dollars a year . For several months the proceedings of Congress turned mostly on military affairs . An ...
... Congress had therefore to make provision for a new one , appointing Franklin , post- master - general , with a salary of one thousand dollars a year . For several months the proceedings of Congress turned mostly on military affairs . An ...
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... Congress , the Assembly , and the Committee of Safety ; but he usually attended in Congress whenever the times of meeting interfered with each other . At length the momentous question of a total separation from Great Britain , and the ...
... Congress , the Assembly , and the Committee of Safety ; but he usually attended in Congress whenever the times of meeting interfered with each other . At length the momentous question of a total separation from Great Britain , and the ...
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... Congress that assistance in money and military stores was necessary . Accordingly Congress had under their consideration the subject of foreign alliances . The States having declared themselves to be an independent power , they might ...
... Congress that assistance in money and military stores was necessary . Accordingly Congress had under their consideration the subject of foreign alliances . The States having declared themselves to be an independent power , they might ...
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