 Had I been vested with absolute power in this State, I have often said and still think that I would last Spring have desolated all Long Island, Staten Island, the City and County of New York and all that part of the County of West Chester which lies below...  Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society - Page 254by Massachusetts Historical Society - 1911Full view - About this book
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...LIV' another patriot, John Jay. In the month ensuing 1776. he wrote as follows to a private friend : " Had I " been vested with absolute power in this State,...of New York, " and all that part of the county of West Chester " which lies below the mountains." * Happily for these States, the wish of those who called... | |
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 | William Bradford Reed - United States - 1847 - 466 pages
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