A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year 1763 to the Close of the Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797: Including a Summary View of the Political and Civil State of the North American Colonies, Prior to that Period, Volume 2H. Howe and Durrie & Peck, 1828 - United States |
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... consequence of the death of the marquis of Rockingham - Lord Shelburne placed at the head of it -- Opposed to an express and open acknowledgment of American indepen- dence - Supposed to have sent Mr. Jones to Paris secretly to sound the ...
... consequence of the death of the marquis of Rockingham - Lord Shelburne placed at the head of it -- Opposed to an express and open acknowledgment of American indepen- dence - Supposed to have sent Mr. Jones to Paris secretly to sound the ...
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... consequence of a prosperous issue of the war , would belong to the United States , and be appropriated to their use . We are therefore greatly disappointed in finding no provision made in the confederation for empowering the congress to ...
... consequence of a prosperous issue of the war , would belong to the United States , and be appropriated to their use . We are therefore greatly disappointed in finding no provision made in the confederation for empowering the congress to ...
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... consequence , that all the inhabitants of every society , be the color of their complexion what it may , are bound to promote the interest thereof , accord- ing to their respective abilities . They ought therefore to be brought into the ...
... consequence , that all the inhabitants of every society , be the color of their complexion what it may , are bound to promote the interest thereof , accord- ing to their respective abilities . They ought therefore to be brought into the ...
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... consequences to Ma- ryland of such an undisturbed and undisputed possession ? They cannot escape the least discerning ... consequence in the scale of the confederated states would sink of course . A claim so injurious to more than one ...
... consequences to Ma- ryland of such an undisturbed and undisputed possession ? They cannot escape the least discerning ... consequence in the scale of the confederated states would sink of course . A claim so injurious to more than one ...
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... consequences . If any person should think it for " the benefit of the colonies , to separate themselves from Great Britain , " they thought it right , they said , " to leave them aware of the change , which the maintain- ing such a ...
... consequences . If any person should think it for " the benefit of the colonies , to separate themselves from Great Britain , " they thought it right , they said , " to leave them aware of the change , which the maintain- ing such a ...
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