Colonial, state, and national rights, 1761-1861G. P. Putnam's sons, 1916 - Public lands |
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... Continental Congress ; in the Congress of the Confederation ; in the Constitutional Convention ; and in the Federal Congress . Of these writers a much neglected historian , who had been a Representative in Congress of sterling ability ...
... Continental Congress ; in the Congress of the Confederation ; in the Constitutional Convention ; and in the Federal Congress . Of these writers a much neglected historian , who had been a Representative in Congress of sterling ability ...
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... Continental Congress , and this preeminence , conjoined with his noble presence , gracious manners , and calm , judicial temper , caused him , first of our statesmen , to receive the appellation of " Father of His Country , " this being ...
... Continental Congress , and this preeminence , conjoined with his noble presence , gracious manners , and calm , judicial temper , caused him , first of our statesmen , to receive the appellation of " Father of His Country , " this being ...
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... Continental Congress , and pointing to their failure in the case of the Stamp Act , for it was not they , but the spirit of forcible resistance manifested by the colonists , which caused Parliament to repeal the measure . This spirit ...
... Continental Congress , and pointing to their failure in the case of the Stamp Act , for it was not they , but the spirit of forcible resistance manifested by the colonists , which caused Parliament to repeal the measure . This spirit ...
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... Continental Congress . The people of the other colonies had shown their sympathy with Massa- chusetts - Boston in particular - by sending thither provisions and money . The Virginia House of Bur- gesses appointed June 1 , 1774 , the ...
... Continental Congress . The people of the other colonies had shown their sympathy with Massa- chusetts - Boston in particular - by sending thither provisions and money . The Virginia House of Bur- gesses appointed June 1 , 1774 , the ...
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... Continental Congress , as the body was thereafter denominated , convened at Philadelphia promptly upon the day appointed , September 1 , 1774 , meeting in Carpenter's Hall . Delegates from all the colonies but Georgia were present ...
... Continental Congress , as the body was thereafter denominated , convened at Philadelphia promptly upon the day appointed , September 1 , 1774 , meeting in Carpenter's Hall . Delegates from all the colonies but Georgia were present ...
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