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Page 109
... constitution has been the result of repeated struggles be- tween prince & people , but never received anything of a regular or stable form ' till the revolution , & yet it is still short of perfection . The principal defects are pointed ...
... constitution has been the result of repeated struggles be- tween prince & people , but never received anything of a regular or stable form ' till the revolution , & yet it is still short of perfection . The principal defects are pointed ...
Page 163
... constitution while depending ; secondly , with a desire of not paying the public debt ; thirdly , with setting up a paper to decry and slander the government . The first charge is most false . No man in the United States , I suppose ...
... constitution while depending ; secondly , with a desire of not paying the public debt ; thirdly , with setting up a paper to decry and slander the government . The first charge is most false . No man in the United States , I suppose ...
Page 214
... Constitution - Old Ironsides - was , and is , the most revered . Still afloat , around her aging hull cluster memories of many gallant men , Decatur , Hull , Truxtun , names that are synonymous with our finest naval traditions ...
... Constitution - Old Ironsides - was , and is , the most revered . Still afloat , around her aging hull cluster memories of many gallant men , Decatur , Hull , Truxtun , names that are synonymous with our finest naval traditions ...
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George Washington writes his wife of his selection as Com | 3 |
refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
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