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. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Band 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... legislature were so satisfied with the conduct of the party , as to vote their thanks to him and the officers under his command . They also gave three hundred pistoles to be distributed among the * To the vote of thanks , the officers ...
... legislature were so satisfied with the conduct of the party , as to vote their thanks to him and the officers under his command . They also gave three hundred pistoles to be distributed among the * To the vote of thanks , the officers ...
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... legislature of Massachussetts had passed an act , denying most explicitly the right of any authority , other than that of the general court , to impose on the colony any tax whatever ; and also asserting those principles of national ...
... legislature of Massachussetts had passed an act , denying most explicitly the right of any authority , other than that of the general court , to impose on the colony any tax whatever ; and also asserting those principles of national ...
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... legislature of New 1763. York , probably with a view only to the authority claimed by the governor , and not to that of the mother country , passed an act similar to that of Massachussetts , in which its own supremacy , not only in ...
... legislature of New 1763. York , probably with a view only to the authority claimed by the governor , and not to that of the mother country , passed an act similar to that of Massachussetts , in which its own supremacy , not only in ...
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... legislature . He alone * had the courage to stem the torrent of public opinion , and with magnanimous firmness to protest against their right to give away the money of those , who were not represented in that body . " The arguments of ...
... legislature . He alone * had the courage to stem the torrent of public opinion , and with magnanimous firmness to protest against their right to give away the money of those , who were not represented in that body . " The arguments of ...
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... legislature in which she was not represented . May 29 . June . The The assembly of Virginia was in session . when the intelligence was received . subject was taken up , and , by a small majority , several resolutions which had been ...
... legislature in which she was not represented . May 29 . June . The The assembly of Virginia was in session . when the intelligence was received . subject was taken up , and , by a small majority , several resolutions which had been ...
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