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... night is far advanced , and the heat dreadful . I am devoured by insects ; so , you see , the best countries have their disadvantages . Adieu . LAFAYETTE TO HIS WIFE LAFAYETTE . Philadelphia , 12 September , 1777 . I write you a few ...
... night is far advanced , and the heat dreadful . I am devoured by insects ; so , you see , the best countries have their disadvantages . Adieu . LAFAYETTE TO HIS WIFE LAFAYETTE . Philadelphia , 12 September , 1777 . I write you a few ...
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... NIGHT On the night of April 15 , 1865 , while Abraham Lincoln lay dying in a small lodging house , opposite Ford's Theatre , in Washington , gov- ernment officials assembled in the next room to collect evidence from witnesses to the ...
... NIGHT On the night of April 15 , 1865 , while Abraham Lincoln lay dying in a small lodging house , opposite Ford's Theatre , in Washington , gov- ernment officials assembled in the next room to collect evidence from witnesses to the ...
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... night and the circumstances with which I found myself so unexpectedly surrounded and which will not soon be forgotten . Saturday night I took the copy I had made to the Secretary's house , but as he was asleep I did not see him , so I ...
... night and the circumstances with which I found myself so unexpectedly surrounded and which will not soon be forgotten . Saturday night I took the copy I had made to the Secretary's house , but as he was asleep I did not see him , so I ...
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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