The American Heritage History of the Making of the NationAmerican Heritage Publishing Company; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1968 - United States - 416 pages |
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Page 10
... seemed to depend on General Washington . An English merchant return- ing home after a visit to America wrote him that “ it is the general opinion of the friends to the new govern- ment that if you decline being at the head of it , it ...
... seemed to depend on General Washington . An English merchant return- ing home after a visit to America wrote him that “ it is the general opinion of the friends to the new govern- ment that if you decline being at the head of it , it ...
Page 101
... seemed to be inclined in favour of the other . The candidates were called upon to address the people , and the grave person mounted the stump of a tree , many of them standing round , as the place was a new clearing . His harangue was ...
... seemed to be inclined in favour of the other . The candidates were called upon to address the people , and the grave person mounted the stump of a tree , many of them standing round , as the place was a new clearing . His harangue was ...
Page 106
... seemed like one of those fairy wishes that , once granted , bring misfortune instead of happiness . Any brightness of his Inauguration Day was shadowed by international and domestic problems . Britain's Orders in Council , placing ...
... seemed like one of those fairy wishes that , once granted , bring misfortune instead of happiness . Any brightness of his Inauguration Day was shadowed by international and domestic problems . Britain's Orders in Council , placing ...
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