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 305
... tion ; and they will , when my own reputation is so intimately con- nected with the event , and to be affected by it , justify my saying , that the present commissaries are by no means equal to the execu- tion of the office , or that ...
... tion ; and they will , when my own reputation is so intimately con- nected with the event , and to be affected by it , justify my saying , that the present commissaries are by no means equal to the execu- tion of the office , or that ...
Page 334
... tion . " This was the last effort of Great Britain , in the way of negotia- tion , to regain her colonies . It originated in folly and ignorance . of the real state of affairs in America . She had begun with wrong measures , and had now ...
... tion . " This was the last effort of Great Britain , in the way of negotia- tion , to regain her colonies . It originated in folly and ignorance . of the real state of affairs in America . She had begun with wrong measures , and had now ...
Page 510
... tion had been so sharp and exciting as to engender much ani- mosity , and though its friends formed a majority of the people , two states still remained out of the Union , and the discontent and ill - feeling existing in the others ...
... tion had been so sharp and exciting as to engender much ani- mosity , and though its friends formed a majority of the people , two states still remained out of the Union , and the discontent and ill - feeling existing in the others ...
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