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... hundred and fifty dollars for me toward discharging the debt of the committee , I will allow it when you and I settle the private màtter between us . This , with what I have already paid , and with an outstanding note of mine , will ...
... hundred and fifty dollars for me toward discharging the debt of the committee , I will allow it when you and I settle the private màtter between us . This , with what I have already paid , and with an outstanding note of mine , will ...
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... hundred and sixty - two , a procla- mation was issued by the President of the United States , containing , among other things , the fol- lowing , to wit : " That on the first day of January , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight ...
... hundred and sixty - two , a procla- mation was issued by the President of the United States , containing , among other things , the fol- lowing , to wit : " That on the first day of January , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight ...
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... hundred and thirty thousand soldiers , sea- men , and laborers . These are palpable facts , about which , as facts , there can be no caviling . We have the men ; and we could not have had them without the measure . " And now let any ...
... hundred and thirty thousand soldiers , sea- men , and laborers . These are palpable facts , about which , as facts , there can be no caviling . We have the men ; and we could not have had them without the measure . " And now let any ...
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