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... Means of obtaining Redress , →→→ General Sentiments of the People in England respecting America . — Captain Calef . — Sir Francis Bernard's Project . To Samuel Mather . 7 July .. Dissenters ' Petition.— Discovery of America by ...
... Means of obtaining Redress , →→→ General Sentiments of the People in England respecting America . — Captain Calef . — Sir Francis Bernard's Project . To Samuel Mather . 7 July .. Dissenters ' Petition.— Discovery of America by ...
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... Means of producing a Reconciliation between Great Britain and America . 234 To David Hartley . 12 February . American Prisoners in England . — Conduct of France in Regard to the United States.- Change of Ministry neces- sary for a ...
... Means of producing a Reconciliation between Great Britain and America . 234 To David Hartley . 12 February . American Prisoners in England . — Conduct of France in Regard to the United States.- Change of Ministry neces- sary for a ...
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... means from time to time that his Majesty should have due information and convincing proofs . More of this when I see you . The King's dislike made the others more firmly united in the resolution of disgracing Hillsborough , by setting ...
... means from time to time that his Majesty should have due information and convincing proofs . More of this when I see you . The King's dislike made the others more firmly united in the resolution of disgracing Hillsborough , by setting ...
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... means well to the colonies . I believe all are now sen- sible , that nothing is to be got by contesting with or oppressing us . Two circumstances have diverted me lately . One was , that , being at the court of exchequer on some ...
... means well to the colonies . I believe all are now sen- sible , that nothing is to be got by contesting with or oppressing us . Two circumstances have diverted me lately . One was , that , being at the court of exchequer on some ...
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... means of obtaining that end ; that the heads of complaint in your letter were many , some of them requiring much ... mean time , some circumstances are working in our favor with regard to the duties . It is found by the last year's ...
... means of obtaining that end ; that the heads of complaint in your letter were many , some of them requiring much ... mean time , some circumstances are working in our favor with regard to the duties . It is found by the last year's ...
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acquainted affairs affectionately alliance America answer appointed arrived Arthur Lee bills Boston Britain British Captain CHARLES W. F. DUMAS colonies Commissioners Committee conduct Congress continue copy court DAVID HARTLEY Deane dear friend DEAR SIR desire duty enclosed endeavour England English Europe expected expense favor France FRANKLIN French gentleman give glad governor hands Hartley hear Holland honor hope House JOHN PAUL JONES JOSEPH GALLOWAY kind King lately letter liberty London Lord Dartmouth Lord Hillsborough Lord North Lordship Majesty Marquis de Lafayette measures ment mention minister ministry nation never obliged obtain occasion officers opinion papers Paris Parliament Passy peace perhaps person petition pleasure present prisoners proposed propositions province received SAMUEL COOPER sent sentiments ship sincere soon suppose taken thing THOMAS CUSHING thought thousand tion treaty troops VIII wish write
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Seite 500 - When a religion is good, I conceive that it will support itself; and, when it cannot support itself, and God does not take care to support it, so that its professors are obliged to call for the help of the civil power, it is a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one.
Seite 151 - You are a Member of Parliament, and one of that Majority which has doomed my Country to Destruction. — You have begun to burn our Towns, and murder our People. — Look upon your Hands ! — They are stained with the Blood of your Relations ! You and I were long friends : — You are now my Enemy, — and ' I am, yours,
Seite 18 - ... consideration, I put down under the different heads short hints of the different motives that at different times occur to me for or against the measure. When I have thus got them all together in one view, I...
Seite 180 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Seite 504 - We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Seite 87 - Damn his impudence, I dare say, u'e shall hear by next post that he is upon his march with one hundred thousand men to back this.
Seite 411 - We make daily great improvements in natural, there is one I wish to see in moral philosophy; the discovery of a plan, that would induce and oblige nations to settle their disputes without first cutting one another's throats.
Seite 325 - This currency, as we manage it, is a wonderful machine. It performs its office when we issue it ; it pays and clothes troops, and provides victuals and ammunition, and when we are obliged to issue a quantity excessive, it pays itself off by depreciation.
Seite 133 - ... Pennsylvania with a view of settling there. I request you to give him your best advice and countenance, as he is quite a stranger there. If you can put him in a way of obtaining employment as a clerk, or assistant tutor in a school, or assistant surveyor, (of all...
Seite 87 - Whitehead, who is very shrewd, soon after began to smoke it, and looking in my face said, /'// be hanged if this is not some of your American jokes upon us. The reading went on, and ended with abundance of laughing, and a general verdict that it was a fair hit: and the piece was cut out of the paper and preserved in my lord's collection.