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... congress was still more so . They had acted , he said , with so much temper , moderation , and wisdom , that he thought it the most honourable assembly of statesmen since those of the ancient Greeks and Romans , in the most virtuous ...
... congress was still more so . They had acted , he said , with so much temper , moderation , and wisdom , that he thought it the most honourable assembly of statesmen since those of the ancient Greeks and Romans , in the most virtuous ...
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... congress , in their petition to the king , have been explicit , declaring , that by a repeal of the oppressive acts therein complained of , " the harmony between Great Britain and the colonies , so necessary to the happiness of both ...
... congress , in their petition to the king , have been explicit , declaring , that by a repeal of the oppressive acts therein complained of , " the harmony between Great Britain and the colonies , so necessary to the happiness of both ...
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... congress . Shortly after , he thus notices the then state of the colonies , in a letter of May 16 , 1775 : " To Dr. Joseph Priestley . " PHILADELPHIA , May 16 , 1775 . " DEAR FRIEND , -You will have heard be- fore this reaches you , of ...
... congress . Shortly after , he thus notices the then state of the colonies , in a letter of May 16 , 1775 : " To Dr. Joseph Priestley . " PHILADELPHIA , May 16 , 1775 . " DEAR FRIEND , -You will have heard be- fore this reaches you , of ...
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... congress , ( not passed ) drawn up by Dr. Franklin , is also fully expressive of his warm feelings and sentiments at that period . Whereas the British nation , through great corruption of manners and extreme dissipation and profusion ...
... congress , ( not passed ) drawn up by Dr. Franklin , is also fully expressive of his warm feelings and sentiments at that period . Whereas the British nation , through great corruption of manners and extreme dissipation and profusion ...
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... congress for Virginia : as a under the crown should be totally suppressed , document of considerable interest and curi- and all the powers of government taken res- osity , and as a monument of one of the most pectively into their own ...
... congress for Virginia : as a under the crown should be totally suppressed , document of considerable interest and curi- and all the powers of government taken res- osity , and as a monument of one of the most pectively into their own ...
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