Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 9R. W. Pomeroy, 1822 |
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... courts of Versailles and Saint James . The terms of this peace were , to return to the situation which the parties held before the war ; but this had never been accurately defined . The merit of having formed the Ohio company is claimed ...
... courts of Versailles and Saint James . The terms of this peace were , to return to the situation which the parties held before the war ; but this had never been accurately defined . The merit of having formed the Ohio company is claimed ...
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... court , before the time which his ap- pointment legally allowed , proves if not his fitness for office , their conviction , that he had discharged his duty in an efficient and satisfactory manner . Not to mention , that the county courts ...
... court , before the time which his ap- pointment legally allowed , proves if not his fitness for office , their conviction , that he had discharged his duty in an efficient and satisfactory manner . Not to mention , that the county courts ...
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... courts of France , Spain , and Prussia , are honourable testimonies from his country to his patriotism and talent . His vigilance was only equalled by his devotion to the cause of freedom , and his intimacy with the leading men of all ...
... courts of France , Spain , and Prussia , are honourable testimonies from his country to his patriotism and talent . His vigilance was only equalled by his devotion to the cause of freedom , and his intimacy with the leading men of all ...
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... courts of admiralty . The act for this purpose passed the British parliament in 1772 , and immediately on the ... court of enquiry assumed , Mr. Lee only sought accurate information on the subject . For this purpose he commenced a ...
... courts of admiralty . The act for this purpose passed the British parliament in 1772 , and immediately on the ... court of enquiry assumed , Mr. Lee only sought accurate information on the subject . For this purpose he commenced a ...
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... courts , were marked with dignity and republican plainness and sincerity . When his time of service expired , he re- tired to the bosom of his family , with the satisfaction of having faithfully discharged the trust reposed in him ...
... courts , were marked with dignity and republican plainness and sincerity . When his time of service expired , he re- tired to the bosom of his family , with the satisfaction of having faithfully discharged the trust reposed in him ...
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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...