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" I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston. "
Miscellanies - Page 23
by Charles Bradlaugh - 1899 - 226 pages
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Annual Record of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachussets

Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1853 - 792 pages
...eloquent speech at the Virginia Convention that was ever made. It was : "I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march, myself, at their head, to the relief of Boston." Nor was this alone the voice of Virginia ; the cry that went from this Hall...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 62

American essays - 1888 - 928 pages
...with New England came from Virginia. " If need be," said Washington, " I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston." To insure concerted action on the part of the whole country, something more was required than these...
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History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Charles Campbell - Virginia - 1860 - 790 pages
...Richard Henry Lee were listened to with delight, and Washington said, " I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston. "f Mr. Jefferson was elected a member of this convention, but was prevented from attending by the state...
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History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia

Charles Campbell - Virginia - 1860 - 766 pages
...Richard Henry Lee were listened to with delight, and Washington said, "I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston. "f Mr. Jefferson was elected a member of this convention, but was prevented from attending by the state...
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Jefferson and the American Democracy: An Historical Study

Cornelis Henri de Witt - 1862 - 496 pages
...eloquent speech at the Virginia Convention that ever was made.' Says he, ' I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston.' f Such was still in the colonies the diversity of political opinions at the moment when the congress...
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Works: With a Life of the Author, Volume 2

John Adams, Charles Francis Adams - United States - 1865 - 580 pages
...eloquent speech at the Virginia Convention that ever was made. Says he, " I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston." Mr. Lynch says, they shall export this year twelve thousand weight of indigo, and one hundred and fifty...
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The Collected Works of ... P. ...

Theodore Parker - American literature - 1871 - 602 pages
...Convention, it is said Washington made the most eloquent speech that was ever made, ' and said, I will raise one thousand men, and subsist them at my own...expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of • Sparks, ii. 297. Boston.' * In 1 769 he was thinking of the possibility of a fight between the...
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The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Historic Americans

Theodore Parker - Theology - 1871 - 256 pages
...Convention, it is said Washington made the most eloquent speech that was ever made, ' and said, I will raise one thousand men, and subsist them at my own...expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of * Sparks, ii. 297. Boston.'* In 1769 he was thinking of the possibility of a fight between the Mother...
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The Rise of the Republic of the United States

Richard Frothingham - United States - 1872 - 676 pages
...fortune and his life in the cause, said in the Virginia convention: "I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston."3 About the time these words were spoken, 1 Letter to Stonington, August 24. On the 29th, Warren...
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An Historical Account of the Old State House of Pennsylvania Now Known as ...

Frank Marx Etting - Pennsylvania - 1874 - 294 pages
...reported to be expressed in the most eloquent words by Washington : " I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march, myself at their head, for the relief of Boston." On Friday evening, the 20th of May, in Philadelphia, a meeting of its residents was promptly held to...
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