Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing a Complete History of the Seven Years' War, the Revolutionary War, the Formation of the Federal Constitution, and the Administration of WashingtonLeary & Getz, 1857 - 588 pages |
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Page 180
... appointed on a committee to report a plan for putting them in execution . The former deputies were appointed . to the Continental Congress , which was summoned to meet on the 10th of May , except that Thomas Jefferson was substituted ...
... appointed on a committee to report a plan for putting them in execution . The former deputies were appointed . to the Continental Congress , which was summoned to meet on the 10th of May , except that Thomas Jefferson was substituted ...
Page 451
... APPOINTED . 451 The discontents in the army at this period of inaction and ex- haustion , led to a secret combination among several of the officers , who imputed the defective administration of the national affairs to some weakness ...
... APPOINTED . 451 The discontents in the army at this period of inaction and ex- haustion , led to a secret combination among several of the officers , who imputed the defective administration of the national affairs to some weakness ...
Page 549
... appointed envoy extraordinary to his Catholic majesty . Shortly after his arrival in Madrid , he con- cluded a treaty with the king of Spain , in which the claims of the United States on the important points of boundary and the naviga ...
... appointed envoy extraordinary to his Catholic majesty . Shortly after his arrival in Madrid , he con- cluded a treaty with the king of Spain , in which the claims of the United States on the important points of boundary and the naviga ...
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