Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... opinion appear upon the slightest view of their situation , that , so far from affording protection to the old colonies , they will stand most in need of it themselves . The present French inhabitants in the neighbourhood of the lakes ...
... opinion appear upon the slightest view of their situation , that , so far from affording protection to the old colonies , they will stand most in need of it themselves . The present French inhabitants in the neighbourhood of the lakes ...
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... opinion , is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which in common with his fellow - citizens he has a natural right ; that it tends only to corrupt the principles of that religion it is meant to encourage , by ...
... opinion , is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages to which in common with his fellow - citizens he has a natural right ; that it tends only to corrupt the principles of that religion it is meant to encourage , by ...
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... opinion , that we may count with certainty on something more than votes should the state of affairs hereafter require the application of pointed arguments . New York , hemmed in between the warm friends of the Constitution , could not ...
... opinion , that we may count with certainty on something more than votes should the state of affairs hereafter require the application of pointed arguments . New York , hemmed in between the warm friends of the Constitution , could not ...
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