Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 5John Sanderson W. Brown and C. Peters, 1828 |
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... natural indolence in that respect , or from his preference to employments of more activity and energy . On the eighteenth of December , the report of the committee was presented , but such was the temper of the times , that the more ...
... natural indolence in that respect , or from his preference to employments of more activity and energy . On the eighteenth of December , the report of the committee was presented , but such was the temper of the times , that the more ...
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... natural province . You have no longer a Randolph , a Bland , or a Braxton , men whose names will ever be revered . Your Harrison alone remains , and he is disgusted with his unworthy associates . " This letter , thus proceeding from a ...
... natural province . You have no longer a Randolph , a Bland , or a Braxton , men whose names will ever be revered . Your Harrison alone remains , and he is disgusted with his unworthy associates . " This letter , thus proceeding from a ...
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... natural revulsion of affairs , which accompanied the return of peace , called forth all the vigour and steadiness of his character . To enter , however , upon the detail of his measures , would be to write the history of Virginia during ...
... natural revulsion of affairs , which accompanied the return of peace , called forth all the vigour and steadiness of his character . To enter , however , upon the detail of his measures , would be to write the history of Virginia during ...
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... natural strength and only se- curity of a free government ; that such a militia in this colony would forever render it unnecessary for the mother country to keep among us , for the purpose of our defence , any standing army of mercenary ...
... natural strength and only se- curity of a free government ; that such a militia in this colony would forever render it unnecessary for the mother country to keep among us , for the purpose of our defence , any standing army of mercenary ...
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... nature a greater absurdity , than to suppose we can have any affection for a people who are carry- ing on the most savage war against us . " The first notice that the printed journals of congress take of this momentous subject , is on ...
... nature a greater absurdity , than to suppose we can have any affection for a people who are carry- ing on the most savage war against us . " The first notice that the printed journals of congress take of this momentous subject , is on ...
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Страница 300 - they are entitled to life, liberty, and property; and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent. 2. That our ancestors who first settled these colonies, were at the time of their emigration from the mother country, entitled to all the rights, liberties,
Страница 108 - it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it. Third. As a non-consumption agreement, strictly adhered to, will be an effectual security for the observation of the non-importation, we as above, solemnly agree and associate, that from this day, we
Страница 300 - asserting and vindicating their rights and liberties, declare, That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights:
Страница 107 - we do, for ourselves, and the inhabitants of the several colonies whom we represent, firmly agree and associate under the sacred ties of virtue, honour, and love of our country, as follows: First. That from and after the first day of December next, we will not import into British America, from Great
Страница 111 - to the end, that all such foes to the rights of British America may be publicly known, and universally contemned as the enemies of American liberty; and thenceforth we respectively will break off all dealings with him or her. Twelfth. That the committee of correspondence in the respective colonies do frequently inspect the entries of the custom
Страница 108 - in Great Britain, Ireland, or the West Indies, induces us to suspend a non-exportation, until the tenth day of September, 1775; at which time, if the said acts and parts of acts of the British parliament herein after mentioned, are not repealed, we will not, directly or indirectly, export any merchandise or commodity whatsoever to
Страница 108 - not purchase or use any tea imported on account of the East India company, or any on which a duty hath been or shall be paid ; and from and after the first day of March next, we will not purchase or use any East India tea whatever
Страница 110 - mourning dress than a black crape, or ribbon on the arm or hat for gentlemen, and a black ribbon and necklace for ladies, and we will discontinue the giving of gloves and scarfs at funerals. Ninth. Such as are venders of goods and
Страница 292 - In the course of our inquiry, we find many infringements and violations of the foregoing rights, which from an ardent desire that harmony and mutual intercourse of affection and interest may be restored, we pass over for the present, and proceed to state such acts and measures as have been adopted since the last war,