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 529
... interest ; and the domestic liquidated debt , including about thirteen millions of arrears of interest , more than forty mil- lions ; and the unliquidated debt , two millions . The secretary recommended the assumption of the debts of ...
... interest ; and the domestic liquidated debt , including about thirteen millions of arrears of interest , more than forty mil- lions ; and the unliquidated debt , two millions . The secretary recommended the assumption of the debts of ...
Page 530
... interest of three per cent . from Janu- ary , 1792 . The report of the secretary gave rise to long and serious de- bates . In the national legislature much difference existed as to the mode and manner of providing for the payment of so ...
... interest of three per cent . from Janu- ary , 1792 . The report of the secretary gave rise to long and serious de- bates . In the national legislature much difference existed as to the mode and manner of providing for the payment of so ...
Page 585
... interest exists , and infusing into one the enmities of the other , betrays the former into a participation in the ... interests of their own country , with- out odium , sometimes even with popularity ; gilding with the appear- ances of ...
... interest exists , and infusing into one the enmities of the other , betrays the former into a participation in the ... interests of their own country , with- out odium , sometimes even with popularity ; gilding with the appear- ances of ...
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