Living Letters from American HistoryEdward Boykin |
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... believe may be reduced to two , one in the legislative the other in the executive authorities . Were elections annual , & confined to representatives for counties & a few large cities only , & all contributing to the support of ...
... believe may be reduced to two , one in the legislative the other in the executive authorities . Were elections annual , & confined to representatives for counties & a few large cities only , & all contributing to the support of ...
Page 131
... believe , that reserve or con- cealment of any opinion or circumstance would be at all agreeable to me . The legality of this convention I do not mean to discuss , nor how problematical the issue of it may be . That powers are wanting ...
... believe , that reserve or con- cealment of any opinion or circumstance would be at all agreeable to me . The legality of this convention I do not mean to discuss , nor how problematical the issue of it may be . That powers are wanting ...
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... believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear , I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union . I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause , and I shall do more whenever I ...
... believe it helps to save this Union ; and what I forbear , I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union . I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause , and I shall do more whenever I ...
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refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
John Adams writes his wife news of the Declaration of Inde | 21 |
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