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... kind regards . The family all desire their kind respects to you , in which your friends Earle & Breathett are included . In haste , yr friend , ANDREW JACKSON Two days later he sent this letter of instructions to YEARS OF GROWTH 269.
... kind regards . The family all desire their kind respects to you , in which your friends Earle & Breathett are included . In haste , yr friend , ANDREW JACKSON Two days later he sent this letter of instructions to YEARS OF GROWTH 269.
Page 304
... kind hearts and kind faces are more or less about me , while thousands are thirsting for my blood . " These light afflictions , which are but for a moment , shall work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory . " I ...
... kind hearts and kind faces are more or less about me , while thousands are thirsting for my blood . " These light afflictions , which are but for a moment , shall work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory . " I ...
Page 370
... kind by going into the detail of our action and our difficulties and our personalities here . That , unhappily , is out of the question ; for one thing , be- cause I have not your gift of presenting these things vividly , but chiefly ...
... kind by going into the detail of our action and our difficulties and our personalities here . That , unhappily , is out of the question ; for one thing , be- cause I have not your gift of presenting these things vividly , but chiefly ...
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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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