Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 9R. W. Pomeroy, 1822 |
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... never contro- verted by a court of law . Enough has been said to show the extent of his acquirements and the refine- ment of his taste , the solidity of his judgment and the vividness of his imagination , but the personal ap- pearance ...
... never contro- verted by a court of law . Enough has been said to show the extent of his acquirements and the refine- ment of his taste , the solidity of his judgment and the vividness of his imagination , but the personal ap- pearance ...
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... never , with any propriety , demand a satis- faction from them for the murders we have reason to believe they have lately committed , on several of our people . It therefore behoves the government to exert itself in a matter so ...
... never , with any propriety , demand a satis- faction from them for the murders we have reason to believe they have lately committed , on several of our people . It therefore behoves the government to exert itself in a matter so ...
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... never be repaired , they were not adopted with the unanimity which so great a measure required . In- deed it had become evident , that an essential change ought to be made in the nature of the government , and the whole energies of the ...
... never be repaired , they were not adopted with the unanimity which so great a measure required . In- deed it had become evident , that an essential change ought to be made in the nature of the government , and the whole energies of the ...
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... never after engaged in public service . Settled at Easton , in the neighbourhood of his estates , he de- voted the declining years of his life to increase their value , and somewhat to recover from the losses he had sustained by long ...
... never after engaged in public service . Settled at Easton , in the neighbourhood of his estates , he de- voted the declining years of his life to increase their value , and somewhat to recover from the losses he had sustained by long ...
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John Sanderson. had two children by his wife , a daughter who was never married and a son James , an attorney , who died before his father , when only twenty - nine years of age . He left however several children , but the last of them ...
John Sanderson. had two children by his wife , a daughter who was never married and a son James , an attorney , who died before his father , when only twenty - nine years of age . He left however several children , but the last of them ...
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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...