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Page 44
... Congress . Remarkable scene at Wataga . Origin of the title , " Dark and Bloody Ground . " Governors of Virginia and North Caro- lina issue proclamations against the com- pany . Each of these States grants the company a bonus of two ...
... Congress . Remarkable scene at Wataga . Origin of the title , " Dark and Bloody Ground . " Governors of Virginia and North Caro- lina issue proclamations against the com- pany . Each of these States grants the company a bonus of two ...
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... Congress , then sitting at Philadelphia , and to request " that Transylvania be added to the number of the united colo- nies , and that Mr. Hogg be admitted to a seat as their delegate . " 1 He was refused the honor of such admission ...
... Congress , then sitting at Philadelphia , and to request " that Transylvania be added to the number of the united colo- nies , and that Mr. Hogg be admitted to a seat as their delegate . " 1 He was refused the honor of such admission ...
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... Congress and Dr. Franklin compromised by the arts of French diplomacy . Minister John Jay has the sagacity and firmness to resist and defeat these intrigues at Madrid and Paris . He wins over the English plenipoten- tiary . Speed's ...
... Congress and Dr. Franklin compromised by the arts of French diplomacy . Minister John Jay has the sagacity and firmness to resist and defeat these intrigues at Madrid and Paris . He wins over the English plenipoten- tiary . Speed's ...
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... before , with only too much success , urged upon Congress to instruct the American minister at Paris : 1First- 1 Pitkin , Vol . II . , p . 92 . MINISTER JOHN JAY'S FIRMNESS . 233 That the United States 232 HISTORY OF KENTUCKY .
... before , with only too much success , urged upon Congress to instruct the American minister at Paris : 1First- 1 Pitkin , Vol . II . , p . 92 . MINISTER JOHN JAY'S FIRMNESS . 233 That the United States 232 HISTORY OF KENTUCKY .
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... Congress had instructed Minister John Jay , at Madrid , " no longer to insist on the free navigation of the Mississippi below the southern boundary of the United States . " 1 Already had the flatteries of Vergennes , and the ...
... Congress had instructed Minister John Jay , at Madrid , " no longer to insist on the free navigation of the Mississippi below the southern boundary of the United States . " 1 Already had the flatteries of Vergennes , and the ...
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