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... run the blockade . In a note to a kind friend even Mr. Adams had said , " I fear , from the increasing severity of the war , the prospect of success is not very great . ' " " I called on Mr. Adams , and told him the sad history of our ...
... run the blockade . In a note to a kind friend even Mr. Adams had said , " I fear , from the increasing severity of the war , the prospect of success is not very great . ' " " I called on Mr. Adams , and told him the sad history of our ...
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... run the blockade . In a note to a kind friend even Mr. Adams had said , " I fear , from the increasing severity of the war , the prospect of success is not very great . " I called on Mr. Adams , and told him the sad history of our ...
... run the blockade . In a note to a kind friend even Mr. Adams had said , " I fear , from the increasing severity of the war , the prospect of success is not very great . " I called on Mr. Adams , and told him the sad history of our ...
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... gentleman . On the morning after the battle of Bull Run , in 1861 , Lord Lyons , while riding out , met Mr. Sew- ard , and said : " Good - morning , Mr. Seward . I sup- Monroe , Newbern , or Port Royal ; and , in the Summer of 1862 . 23.
... gentleman . On the morning after the battle of Bull Run , in 1861 , Lord Lyons , while riding out , met Mr. Sew- ard , and said : " Good - morning , Mr. Seward . I sup- Monroe , Newbern , or Port Royal ; and , in the Summer of 1862 . 23.
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... after the battle of Bull Run , in 1861 , Lord Lyons , while riding out , met Mr. Sew- ard , and said : " Good - morning , Mr. Seward . I sup- . pose you will now allow that the Southerners are belligerents in the Summer of 1862 . 23.
... after the battle of Bull Run , in 1861 , Lord Lyons , while riding out , met Mr. Sew- ard , and said : " Good - morning , Mr. Seward . I sup- . pose you will now allow that the Southerners are belligerents in the Summer of 1862 . 23.
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... run down into the cavity or " box " cut in the tree , the root of which holds from one to two quarts . One thousand of these boxes full will fill four barrels , 230 lbs . weight each , in four weeks . The price at New York before the ...
... run down into the cavity or " box " cut in the tree , the root of which holds from one to two quarts . One thousand of these boxes full will fill four barrels , 230 lbs . weight each , in four weeks . The price at New York before the ...
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Page 20 - We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 81 - Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non-interference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation.
Page 196 - When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion : we were like them that dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen : the Lord hath done great things for them.
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