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 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... American station , were converted into revenue officers , and directed to take the custom house oaths . Being unacquainted with the custom- VOL . II . M CHAP . II . house laws and usages , many GEORGE WASHINGTON . 81.
... American station , were converted into revenue officers , and directed to take the custom house oaths . Being unacquainted with the custom- VOL . II . M CHAP . II . house laws and usages , many GEORGE WASHINGTON . 81.
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... directed against the existence of power in ourselves , that general Conway stood alone , in denying the right claimed by the British legislature . He alone * had the courage to stem the torrent of public opinion , and with magnanimous ...
... directed against the existence of power in ourselves , that general Conway stood alone , in denying the right claimed by the British legislature . He alone * had the courage to stem the torrent of public opinion , and with magnanimous ...
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... directed their clerk to make out a copy of their proceedings for each colony , they adjourned . To interest the people of England against the measures of administration , associations were formed , in every part of the continent , for ...
... directed their clerk to make out a copy of their proceedings for each colony , they adjourned . To interest the people of England against the measures of administration , associations were formed , in every part of the continent , for ...
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... directed personally against him ; resentments occasioned as well by the haughti- ness of his manners , and a persuasion that he had misrepresented , in his letters to ministers , their conduct and opinions , as by the unpopular course ...
... directed personally against him ; resentments occasioned as well by the haughti- ness of his manners , and a persuasion that he had misrepresented , in his letters to ministers , their conduct and opinions , as by the unpopular course ...
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... directed to select for the command of it , an officer , on whose prudence , resolution , and integrity he could entirely rely . The transactions respecting the seizure of the sloop Liberty rendered any attempt to produce a countermand ...
... directed to select for the command of it , an officer , on whose prudence , resolution , and integrity he could entirely rely . The transactions respecting the seizure of the sloop Liberty rendered any attempt to produce a countermand ...
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