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 3C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... danger apprehended from immediate taxation , that the payment of the first instalment of the first emission was to be postponed until 1779 , by which time , it was certain , the depreciation must be considerable . This can be accounted ...
... danger apprehended from immediate taxation , that the payment of the first instalment of the first emission was to be postponed until 1779 , by which time , it was certain , the depreciation must be considerable . This can be accounted ...
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... danger and the hazards of the con- test ; and to be more disposed to admit the supremacy of the British parliament , and trust to their not abusing it , than to risk every thing in order to maintain a principle , not deemed by all of ...
... danger and the hazards of the con- test ; and to be more disposed to admit the supremacy of the British parliament , and trust to their not abusing it , than to risk every thing in order to maintain a principle , not deemed by all of ...
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... danger . conduct disaffected . With respect to persons of this description , General the conduct of those who guided the councils towards the of America was , at first , truly lenient . Those taken in arms , were treated as prisoners of ...
... danger . conduct disaffected . With respect to persons of this description , General the conduct of those who guided the councils towards the of America was , at first , truly lenient . Those taken in arms , were treated as prisoners of ...
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... union , the attention of the states was principally directed each to its particular situation . Each state in the neighbourhood of the great theatre of action CHAP . II . Contemplated its own danger , and M 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON . 83.
... union , the attention of the states was principally directed each to its particular situation . Each state in the neighbourhood of the great theatre of action CHAP . II . Contemplated its own danger , and M 2 GEORGE WASHINGTON . 83.
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... danger , and claimed a 1777. portion of the protection due from the whole to its parts . The spirit incident to every league , although the object of the confederation was- perfectly the same with that pursued by each of its members ...
... danger , and claimed a 1777. portion of the protection due from the whole to its parts . The spirit incident to every league , although the object of the confederation was- perfectly the same with that pursued by each of its members ...
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