A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year 1763 to the Close of the Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797: Including a Summary View of the Political and Civil State of the North American Colonies, Prior to that Period, Volume 2H. Howe and Durrie & Peck, 1828 |
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... effect -- Oc- casions long debates --- Finally carried by a small majority , CHAPTER XXV . 421 412 Conduct of France with respect to the British treaty - French government con- sider the treaty of 1778 , at an end , after the ...
... effect -- Oc- casions long debates --- Finally carried by a small majority , CHAPTER XXV . 421 412 Conduct of France with respect to the British treaty - French government con- sider the treaty of 1778 , at an end , after the ...
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... the following effect , No. 18 , omitted . No. 19 . A list of the members who attended the general convention , which formed the new constitution , in 1787 , 534 537 No. 20 . 1 Abstract of the accounts of the CONTENTS .
... the following effect , No. 18 , omitted . No. 19 . A list of the members who attended the general convention , which formed the new constitution , in 1787 , 534 537 No. 20 . 1 Abstract of the accounts of the CONTENTS .
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... effect . The delegates from New Jersey , presented a representation on the subject of the union , from the legislature of that state , addressed to congress . This representation contained more just and en- lightened views in relation ...
... effect . The delegates from New Jersey , presented a representation on the subject of the union , from the legislature of that state , addressed to congress . This representation contained more just and en- lightened views in relation ...
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... effects , by preventing jealousies , as well as controversies , and promoting harmony and confidence among the states . If the circumstances of the times would not admit of this , previous to the proposal of the confederation to the ...
... effects , by preventing jealousies , as well as controversies , and promoting harmony and confidence among the states . If the circumstances of the times would not admit of this , previous to the proposal of the confederation to the ...
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... effect of the act of parliament , passed in De- cember , 1775 , prohibiting all trade and intercourse with the col- onies , and also , to suspend in any places and for any times , the operations and effects of any act or acts of ...
... effect of the act of parliament , passed in De- cember , 1775 , prohibiting all trade and intercourse with the col- onies , and also , to suspend in any places and for any times , the operations and effects of any act or acts of ...
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Halaman 320 - ... this task, I have been too much swayed by a grateful remembrance of former instances, or by an affectionate sensibility to this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens, and have thence too little consulted my incapacity, as well as disinclination, for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error will be palliated by the motives which misled me, and its consequences be judged by my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated.
Halaman 246 - We indeed seem to feel our own want of political wisdom, since we have been running all about in search of it.
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