Living Letters from American HistoryEdward Boykin |
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Page 111
... happy outcome of the long negotiations at Paris . GENTLEMEN : HARTLEY TO THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS Paris , September 4 , 1783 . It is with the sincerest pleasure that I congratulate you on the happy event which took place yesterday , viz ...
... happy outcome of the long negotiations at Paris . GENTLEMEN : HARTLEY TO THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS Paris , September 4 , 1783 . It is with the sincerest pleasure that I congratulate you on the happy event which took place yesterday , viz ...
Page 152
... happy in being the person through whom the Marquis has conveyed this early trophy of the spoils of despotism , and the first ripe fruits of American principles transplanted into Europe , to his master and patron . When he mentioned to ...
... happy in being the person through whom the Marquis has conveyed this early trophy of the spoils of despotism , and the first ripe fruits of American principles transplanted into Europe , to his master and patron . When he mentioned to ...
Page 264
... happy to do so and in my individual capacity , if I can keep peace among the Indians , & between them & the whites I will cheerfully do it . If I find your favors abused , and injustice done to the Indians , by their agents , I will ...
... happy to do so and in my individual capacity , if I can keep peace among the Indians , & between them & the whites I will cheerfully do it . If I find your favors abused , and injustice done to the Indians , by their agents , I will ...
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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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