Constitutional History of the United States from Their Declaration of Independence to the Close of Their Civil War, Volume 1 |
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... GRESS FROM PHILADELPHIA . - PLAN OF THE CONFEDERATION PRO- POSED . . . 62 CHAPTER V. ADOPTION OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION . - CESSIONS OF WEST- ERN TERRITORY . - FIRST POLITICAL UNION of the STATES 86 · CHAPTER VI . NATURE AND ...
... GRESS FROM PHILADELPHIA . - PLAN OF THE CONFEDERATION PRO- POSED . . . 62 CHAPTER V. ADOPTION OF THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION . - CESSIONS OF WEST- ERN TERRITORY . - FIRST POLITICAL UNION of the STATES 86 · CHAPTER VI . NATURE AND ...
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... gress by the people of Massachusetts , * of New Hampshire , ' of Virginia , " and of South Carolina , concerning the proper exercise of the powers of government in those colonies , and the answers 1 Journals , I. 177 , 178 , July 26 ...
... gress by the people of Massachusetts , * of New Hampshire , ' of Virginia , " and of South Carolina , concerning the proper exercise of the powers of government in those colonies , and the answers 1 Journals , I. 177 , 178 , July 26 ...
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... gress , and by organizing new regiments and brigades under officers holding continental commissions . But the greatest difficulties had to be encountered in this undertaking . The continental Arti- cles of War required a longer term of ...
... gress , and by organizing new regiments and brigades under officers holding continental commissions . But the greatest difficulties had to be encountered in this undertaking . The continental Arti- cles of War required a longer term of ...
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... gress for a special authority , he received a letter from Major- " I do not mean , " the orders continued , " that they should be kept in close confinement . If either of these bodies should incline to send them to any interior towns ...
... gress for a special authority , he received a letter from Major- " I do not mean , " the orders continued , " that they should be kept in close confinement . If either of these bodies should incline to send them to any interior towns ...
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... gress of 1775-6 , while they concurred fully in the necessity for resistance to the measures of the British ministry , and had decided , or were fast deciding , that a separation must take place , still en- tertained a great jealousy of ...
... gress of 1775-6 , while they concurred fully in the necessity for resistance to the measures of the British ministry , and had decided , or were fast deciding , that a separation must take place , still en- tertained a great jealousy of ...
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