Living Letters from American HistoryEdward Boykin |
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... honor of addressing you . the pro- priety or impropriety of these papers it is not my province to determine . deeply sensible of the Honor which Congress hath conferred on me communicated in the Orders of the Secret Com- mittee to the ...
... honor of addressing you . the pro- priety or impropriety of these papers it is not my province to determine . deeply sensible of the Honor which Congress hath conferred on me communicated in the Orders of the Secret Com- mittee to the ...
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... honor to be , Your Excellency's Most Obedient Servant , LAFAYETTE . PRESIDENT LAURENS to the Marquis de Lafayette Philadelphia , 24 October , 1778 . SIR , I had the honor of presenting to Congress your letter , soliciting leave of ...
... honor to be , Your Excellency's Most Obedient Servant , LAFAYETTE . PRESIDENT LAURENS to the Marquis de Lafayette Philadelphia , 24 October , 1778 . SIR , I had the honor of presenting to Congress your letter , soliciting leave of ...
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... honor to be , Your most obedient servant , G. WASHINGTON On October 1 , this appealing letter from André to General Wash- ington brought the Arnold - André - West Point drama to its close . MAJOR ANDRÉ TO GENERAL WASHINGTON Tappan , 1 ...
... honor to be , Your most obedient servant , G. WASHINGTON On October 1 , this appealing letter from André to General Wash- ington brought the Arnold - André - West Point drama to its close . MAJOR ANDRÉ TO GENERAL WASHINGTON Tappan , 1 ...
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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