Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 9R. W. Pomeroy, 1822 |
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... committee to prepare these docu- ments ; for the two first his country is indebted to his pen , as the manuscripts in possession of his family prove . Early in the session of 1765 , Patrick Henry pro- posed his celebrated resolutions ...
... committee to prepare these docu- ments ; for the two first his country is indebted to his pen , as the manuscripts in possession of his family prove . Early in the session of 1765 , Patrick Henry pro- posed his celebrated resolutions ...
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... committees should be appointed by all the colonies , but that a private correspondence should be conducted between the lovers of liberty in every province . " The event alone and the glorious termination of the contest , could not ...
... committees should be appointed by all the colonies , but that a private correspondence should be conducted between the lovers of liberty in every province . " The event alone and the glorious termination of the contest , could not ...
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... committee on the judiciary and inter- nal relations , brought in his report recommending the improvement of the navigation of the Potowmac as high as fort Cumberland , thus evincing not only de- votion to the cause of his country , but ...
... committee on the judiciary and inter- nal relations , brought in his report recommending the improvement of the navigation of the Potowmac as high as fort Cumberland , thus evincing not only de- votion to the cause of his country , but ...
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... but the second was softened into a re- commendation to the committee of correspondence , to obtain the sentiments of the other colonies , on the expediency of a meeting of deputies , " to deliberate RICHARD HENRY LEE . 35.
... but the second was softened into a re- commendation to the committee of correspondence , to obtain the sentiments of the other colonies , on the expediency of a meeting of deputies , " to deliberate RICHARD HENRY LEE . 35.
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... committees of this session ; to prepare an address to the king of England , to the people of Britain , and to the colo- nies . The committee for the first were Messrs . Lee , Adams , Johnson , Rutledge and Henry , they reported a ...
... committees of this session ; to prepare an address to the king of England , to the people of Britain , and to the colo- nies . The committee for the first were Messrs . Lee , Adams , Johnson , Rutledge and Henry , they reported a ...
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Страница 29 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Страница 34 - And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people on whom he also obtruded them ; thus paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people with crimes which he urges them to commit against the LIVES of another.
Страница 22 - Correspondence, that they communicate, with their several Corresponding Committees, on the expediency of appointing Deputies from the several Colonies of British America, to meet in general Congress, at such place annually as shall be thought most convenient: there to deliberate on those general measures which the united interests of America may from time to time require.
Страница 184 - And that this regulation shall be an article of compact, and remain a fundamental principle of the constitutions, between the thirteen original States, and each of the States described in the resolve.
Страница 161 - ... firmly to unite in the abhorrence of all such writings, and measures, as evidence a desire and design to break off the happy connection we have hitherto enjoyed with the kingdom of Great Britain, and our just and necessary subordination to the king, and those who are lawfully placed in authority under him.
Страница 161 - But, if you exert the means of defence which God and nature have given you, the time will soon arrive when every man shall sit under his own vine and under his own fig-tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid.
Страница 134 - States, in framing such further confederation between them, in making foreign alliances, and in adopting such other measures as shall be judged necessary for the preservation of their...
Страница 184 - That there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the States described in the resolve of Congress of the 23d of April, 1784, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been personally guilty...