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... wish you were back . The crisis is equally important and alarming , and no opposition , under such circumstances , should discourage exertions till the signature is offered . I will not at this time trouble you with more than my best wishes ...
... wish you were back . The crisis is equally important and alarming , and no opposition , under such circumstances , should discourage exertions till the signature is offered . I will not at this time trouble you with more than my best wishes ...
Page 158
... wish is , that balsam may be poured into all the wounds , which have been given , to prevent them from gangrening , and from those fatal con- sequences , which the community may sustain if it is withheld . The friends of the Union must wish ...
... wish is , that balsam may be poured into all the wounds , which have been given , to prevent them from gangrening , and from those fatal con- sequences , which the community may sustain if it is withheld . The friends of the Union must wish ...
Page 164
... wish for a bill of rights , my letters urged the adoption of the constitution , by nine States at least , to secure ... wish the debt paid tomorrow ; he wishes it never to be paid , but always to be a thing wherewith to corrupt and ...
... wish for a bill of rights , my letters urged the adoption of the constitution , by nine States at least , to secure ... wish the debt paid tomorrow ; he wishes it never to be paid , but always to be a thing wherewith to corrupt 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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