Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788, and the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... . Knox , Controversy Reviewed ( London , 1769 ) ; T. Paine , Common Sense ( 1776 ) ; the Constitution of Massachusetts ( 1780 ) ; and the Federalist ( 1788 ) . Professors Alvord of the University of Minnesota , Becker of 2727.
... . Knox , Controversy Reviewed ( London , 1769 ) ; T. Paine , Common Sense ( 1776 ) ; the Constitution of Massachusetts ( 1780 ) ; and the Federalist ( 1788 ) . Professors Alvord of the University of Minnesota , Becker of 2727.
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... Common 1 See Warren's letters ( p . 139 ) , and cf. Jefferson's , of 25 August , in Writings ( Ford ed . ) , i . 482 , or Hist . MSS . Comm . , Dartmouth MSS . , ii . 361 . 2 Callender , 163 . < Sense ' 1 was the first important ...
... Common 1 See Warren's letters ( p . 139 ) , and cf. Jefferson's , of 25 August , in Writings ( Ford ed . ) , i . 482 , or Hist . MSS . Comm . , Dartmouth MSS . , ii . 361 . 2 Callender , 163 . < Sense ' 1 was the first important ...
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... Common Sense ' , and the conservative easterners , who desired a life senate and a strong governor . The convention was also much 1 Rhode Island and Connecticut , however , were able to retain their seventeenth - century charters , on ...
... Common Sense ' , and the conservative easterners , who desired a life senate and a strong governor . The convention was also much 1 Rhode Island and Connecticut , however , were able to retain their seventeenth - century charters , on ...
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... common good . [ p . 41 ] Reasons may be given , why an Act ought to be repeal'd , and yet obedience must be yielded to it till that repeal takes place . If the reasons that can be given against an Act are such as plainly demonstrate ...
... common good . [ p . 41 ] Reasons may be given , why an Act ought to be repeal'd , and yet obedience must be yielded to it till that repeal takes place . If the reasons that can be given against an Act are such as plainly demonstrate ...
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... common cause . These are things very fitting and proper to be done by a subordinate dominion , and ' tis their duty to do all they are able ; but it seems but equal they should be allowed to assess the charges of it them- selves . The ...
... common cause . These are things very fitting and proper to be done by a subordinate dominion , and ' tis their duty to do all they are able ; but it seems but equal they should be allowed to assess the charges of it them- selves . The ...
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