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Page 68
... Washington had been chosen to the chief command of the colonial forces , the early battles fought , and the Declaration of Independence promulgated , had been superseded in 1781 by a Government created under the Articles of ...
... Washington had been chosen to the chief command of the colonial forces , the early battles fought , and the Declaration of Independence promulgated , had been superseded in 1781 by a Government created under the Articles of ...
Page 69
... Washington , a delegate from Virginia , was elected its President . Not the least of his public services was now to be rendered in the work of safeguarding the fruits of successful revolution by a stable Government . Chief among the ...
... Washington , a delegate from Virginia , was elected its President . Not the least of his public services was now to be rendered in the work of safeguarding the fruits of successful revolution by a stable Government . Chief among the ...
Page 72
... . " Our Government , buttressed upon a written Constitution of enumerated and logically implied powers , had its historic beginning upon that master- ful day , April 30 , 1789 , when Washington 72 SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
... . " Our Government , buttressed upon a written Constitution of enumerated and logically implied powers , had its historic beginning upon that master- ful day , April 30 , 1789 , when Washington 72 SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
Page 73
... Washington took solemn oath of office as our first President . The Senate of the United States has been truly declared " the greatest deliberative body known to men . " By Con- stitutional provision it consists of two members from each ...
... Washington took solemn oath of office as our first President . The Senate of the United States has been truly declared " the greatest deliberative body known to men . " By Con- stitutional provision it consists of two members from each ...
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... Washington as its first President . Lewis and Clark had but recently returned from the now historic expedition to the Columbia and the Oregon , - an expedition fraught with momentous conse- quences to the oncoming generations of the ...
... Washington as its first President . Lewis and Clark had but recently returned from the now historic expedition to the Columbia and the Oregon , - an expedition fraught with momentous conse- quences to the oncoming generations of the ...
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