Living Letters from American HistoryEdward Boykin |
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Page 80
... confidence of Congress , and as I also flattered myself with enjoying in some measure the confidence of the Court of France , I could not but be astonished at the conduct of M. de Chaumont , when , in the moment of my departure from ...
... confidence of Congress , and as I also flattered myself with enjoying in some measure the confidence of the Court of France , I could not but be astonished at the conduct of M. de Chaumont , when , in the moment of my departure from ...
Page 130
... confidence I inform you , that it is not , at this time , my intention to attend it . When this matter was first moved in the Assembly of this State , some of the principal charac- ters of it wrote to me , requesting that they might be ...
... confidence I inform you , that it is not , at this time , my intention to attend it . When this matter was first moved in the Assembly of this State , some of the principal charac- ters of it wrote to me , requesting that they might be ...
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... confidence from the first time I saw them at Major O'Neal's , until the day of his departure . From the situation and proximity of the rooms we occupied , there could not have been any illicit intercourse between Mr. Eaton and Mrs ...
... confidence from the first time I saw them at Major O'Neal's , until the day of his departure . From the situation and proximity of the rooms we occupied , there could not have been any illicit intercourse between Mr. Eaton and Mrs ...
Contents
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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