 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 482 halaman
...that four months' pay of a private soldier would not procure for his family a single bushel of wheat ; the pay of a colonel would not purchase oats for his horse, and a common laborer or express rider could earn four times the pay in paper of an American officer.... | |
 | John Frost - 1857 - 853 halaman
..."that four months' pay of a private would not procure for his family a single bushel of wheat; that the pay of a colonel would not purchase oats for his horse; . that a common labourer or express-rider received four times as much as an American officer." They... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 550 halaman
...that four months' pay of a private soldier would not procure for his family a single bushel of wheat ; the pay of a colonel would not purchase oats for his horse, and a common laborer or express rider could earn four times the pay in paper of an American officer.... | |
 | James Hoyt - 1860 - 308 halaman
...to the Legislature, " that four months' pay of a soldier would not procure for his family a single bushel of wheat ;" and " the pay of a colonel would not purchase oats for his horse." These facts will correct any extravagant opinion the reader may have formed of the atonement rendered... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1860 - 478 halaman
...that four months' pay for a private would not procure for his family a single bushel of wheat ; that the pay of a colonel would not purchase oats for his horse ; and that a common labourer received four times as much as an American officer. They urged, that unless... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 782 halaman
...paid. This became so much reduced in value, that the four months pay of a soldier would not procure a bushel of wheat, and the pay of a colonel would not procure oats sufficient for his horse. A committee of congress were appointed to confer with the authorities... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 792 halaman
...paid. This became so much reduced in value, that the four months pay of a soldier would not procure a bushel of wheat, and the pay of a colonel would not procure oats sufficient for his horse. A committee of congress were appointed to confer with the authorities... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1868 - 604 halaman
...that four months' pay of a soldier would not procure for his family a single bushel of wheat ; that the pay of a colonel would not purchase oats for his horse ; that a common laborer or express rider received four times us much as an American officer." They... | |
 | JAS. D. M'CABE, JR. - 1871 - 1164 halaman
...that four months' pay for a private would not procure for his family a single bushel of wheat; that the pay of a colonel would not purchase oats for his horse; and that a common laborer received four times as much as an American officer. They urged, that unless... | |
 | James D. McCabe - 1871 - 1172 halaman
...that four months7 pay for a private would not procure for his family a single bushel of wheat ; that the pay of a colonel would not purchase oats for his horse ; and that a common laborer received four times as much as an American officer. They urged, that unless... | |
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Jersey line, now addressed a memorial to their state legislature, complaining, that four months' pay of a private would not procure for his family a single bushel of wheat; that the pay of a colonel would not purchase oats for his horse ; and that a common... 
