The Select Works of Benjamin Franklin: Including His AutobiographyPhillips, Sampson, 1857 - 488 pages |
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... Congress of 1774 ; and but for his wis- dom , and the confidence that wisdom inspired , it is a matter of doubt whether that Congress would have taken effect . It was Franklin who suggested the bond of the Union which binds these States ...
... Congress of 1774 ; and but for his wis- dom , and the confidence that wisdom inspired , it is a matter of doubt whether that Congress would have taken effect . It was Franklin who suggested the bond of the Union which binds these States ...
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... Congress , in the year 1853 , by EPES SARGENT , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . Stereotyped by HOBART & ROBBINS , NEW ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY , BOSTON . PREFACE . FRANKLIN'S ...
... Congress , in the year 1853 , by EPES SARGENT , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts . Stereotyped by HOBART & ROBBINS , NEW ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY , BOSTON . PREFACE . FRANKLIN'S ...
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... Privy Council Wedderburn's Invective Described by Dr. Priestley - Hume's Allusion to the Affair - Demeanor under Abuse - Turning of the Tables communicated the Letters ? - -Who .56 - -- VIII . Plan of a Continental Congress -
... Privy Council Wedderburn's Invective Described by Dr. Priestley - Hume's Allusion to the Affair - Demeanor under Abuse - Turning of the Tables communicated the Letters ? - -Who .56 - -- VIII . Plan of a Continental Congress -
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... Congress - First Plan of a Confedera- tion Visits Washington's Head - quarters Remark of Gen. Greene Various Public Duties - Declaration of Independence Jefferson's Anecdote President of the Pennsylvania Convention Views in Congress ...
... Congress - First Plan of a Confedera- tion Visits Washington's Head - quarters Remark of Gen. Greene Various Public Duties - Declaration of Independence Jefferson's Anecdote President of the Pennsylvania Convention Views in Congress ...
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... Congress The War - British Disdain for Yankees - Consequences Evidences of Providence Comparison of Fortunes -English Copyrights in America - Emigration . To George Whatley . May 23 , 1785 . Privileges of Old Age - On a Good Epitaph ...
... Congress The War - British Disdain for Yankees - Consequences Evidences of Providence Comparison of Fortunes -English Copyrights in America - Emigration . To George Whatley . May 23 , 1785 . Privileges of Old Age - On a Good Epitaph ...
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