The Life of George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the American Army Through the Revolutionary War, and the First President of the United StatesHenry T. Coates, 1882 - 489 Seiten |
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... important contest shall be decided , by that fondest wish of each American soul , an accommodation with our Mother Country , you will cheerfully resign the important deposit committed into your hands , and reassume the character of our ...
... important contest shall be decided , by that fondest wish of each American soul , an accommodation with our Mother Country , you will cheerfully resign the important deposit committed into your hands , and reassume the character of our ...
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... important purpose . Early in June , the following resolution was moved in Congress by Richard Henry Lee , and seconded by John Adams : " Resolved that these United Colonies are , and of right ought to be , free and independent States ...
... important purpose . Early in June , the following resolution was moved in Congress by Richard Henry Lee , and seconded by John Adams : " Resolved that these United Colonies are , and of right ought to be , free and independent States ...
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... important subject , until he had exhausted every source of information , and had fully weighed the opinions of those about him . He early established it as a maxim never to give his opinion on any important question until the moment ...
... important subject , until he had exhausted every source of information , and had fully weighed the opinions of those about him . He early established it as a maxim never to give his opinion on any important question until the moment ...
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