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... tion all through the French war , and when peace came he went back to the estate which he had inherited from his brother , the most admired man in Virginia . At that time he married , and during the ensu- ing years he lived the life of ...
... tion all through the French war , and when peace came he went back to the estate which he had inherited from his brother , the most admired man in Virginia . At that time he married , and during the ensu- ing years he lived the life of ...
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... tion depended having at length taken place , I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress , and of presenting myself before them , to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me and to claim the ...
... tion depended having at length taken place , I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress , and of presenting myself before them , to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me and to claim the ...
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... tion the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task , which , how- ever , was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause , the support of the supreme power of the ...
... tion the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task , which , how- ever , was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause , the support of the supreme power of the ...
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... tion breaking to pieces , and he soon realized that that form of government was an utter failure . In a time when no American statesman except Hamilton had yet freed himself from the local feelings of the colonial days , Washington was ...
... tion breaking to pieces , and he soon realized that that form of government was an utter failure . In a time when no American statesman except Hamilton had yet freed himself from the local feelings of the colonial days , Washington was ...
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... tion of a new system . It was his vast personal influence which made that movement a success , and when the convention to form a constitution met at Philadelphia , he presided over its delibera- tions , and it was his commanding will ...
... tion of a new system . It was his vast personal influence which made that movement a success , and when the convention to form a constitution met at Philadelphia , he presided over its delibera- tions , and it was his commanding will ...
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