Living Letters from American HistoryEdward Boykin |
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... course cannot now attend to business . I therefore write you a hasty line for the present week , & send it in duplicates by the Athens & the Nashville routes . The information in the inclosed paper as to proceedings in the States of ...
... course cannot now attend to business . I therefore write you a hasty line for the present week , & send it in duplicates by the Athens & the Nashville routes . The information in the inclosed paper as to proceedings in the States of ...
Page 322
... course taken by English ships of war before the war of 1812. But all the people here , of course , accept their opinion as con- clusive as to the law of the case . I assume that your law officers will be equally agreed and strong on the ...
... course taken by English ships of war before the war of 1812. But all the people here , of course , accept their opinion as con- clusive as to the law of the case . I assume that your law officers will be equally agreed and strong on the ...
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... course , I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons , and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you . I be- lieve you to be a brave and ...
... course , I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons , and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you . I be- lieve you to be a brave and ...
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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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