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... Congress ( about $ 3000 ) , and sailed for France , in the midst of war and danger , in the 70th year of his age . He made no bargain for salary , or appointments , but was told he should have $ 2500 a year , his expenses paid , and to ...
... Congress ( about $ 3000 ) , and sailed for France , in the midst of war and danger , in the 70th year of his age . He made no bargain for salary , or appointments , but was told he should have $ 2500 a year , his expenses paid , and to ...
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... Congress of delegates from all the colonies in 1754 . The articles agreed upon by that assembly were composed by him ; he had pene- trated futurity ;, and there was a certain harmony between the tone of his thoughts and the occurrences ...
... Congress of delegates from all the colonies in 1754 . The articles agreed upon by that assembly were composed by him ; he had pene- trated futurity ;, and there was a certain harmony between the tone of his thoughts and the occurrences ...
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... congress assembled at Philadel- phia , September 17 , 1774. Their first public act was a declaratory resolution , expressive of their disposition with respect to the colony of Massachusetts Bay , and immediately in- tended to confirm ...
... congress assembled at Philadel- phia , September 17 , 1774. Their first public act was a declaratory resolution , expressive of their disposition with respect to the colony of Massachusetts Bay , and immediately in- tended to confirm ...
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... congress , which had been long and anxiously expected , both by the friends and adversaries of America . The petition of congress to the king , was inclosed to me , and accompanied by the fol- lowing letter from their president ...
... congress , which had been long and anxiously expected , both by the friends and adversaries of America . The petition of congress to the king , was inclosed to me , and accompanied by the fol- lowing letter from their president ...
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... congress on people in general , was greatly in our favour . Adminis tient to know whether the petition mentioned in the proceedings was come to my hands , and took round - about methods of obtaining that information , by getting a ...
... congress on people in general , was greatly in our favour . Adminis tient to know whether the petition mentioned in the proceedings was come to my hands , and took round - about methods of obtaining that information , by getting a ...
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