Living Letters from American HistoryEdward Boykin |
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Page 62
... leave to the feelings of Congress , engage me to beg from them the liberty of going home for the next winter . As long as there were any hopes of an active campaign , I did not think of leaving the field . Now that I see a very ...
... leave to the feelings of Congress , engage me to beg from them the liberty of going home for the next winter . As long as there were any hopes of an active campaign , I did not think of leaving the field . Now that I see a very ...
Page 163
... leave to add some notice of his late charges against me in Fenno's Gazette ; for neither the style , matter , nor venom of the pieces alluded to can leave a doubt of their author . Spelling my name and character at full length to the ...
... leave to add some notice of his late charges against me in Fenno's Gazette ; for neither the style , matter , nor venom of the pieces alluded to can leave a doubt of their author . Spelling my name and character at full length to the ...
Page 306
... leave others stronger . Still , it is ground of the utmost comfort to my mind to know that so many of you as have had the opportunity have given some proof of your fidelity to the great family of men . Be faithful unto death : from the ...
... leave others stronger . Still , it is ground of the utmost comfort to my mind to know that so many of you as have had the opportunity have given some proof of your fidelity to the great family of men . Be faithful unto death : from the ...
Contents
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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