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" Certainly the Americans owed and still owe as much acknowledgment to the financial operations of Robert Morris as to the negotiations of Benjamin Franklin or even the arms of George Washington. "
The Port Folio - Page 193
1823
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History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America, Volume 2

Carlo Botta - United States - 1826 - 476 pages
...of sustaining the efforts of the enemy, but even of resuming the offensive with vigor and success. Certainly, the Americans owed, and still owe, as much...to the negotiations of Benjamin Franklin, or even to the arms of George Washington. Before the salutary effect of this new system had braced the tottering...
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The Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of Facts ..., Volume 2

Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 404 pages
...historian of the American War say, " certainly the Americans owed, and gtitt owe, as much acknowledgement to the financial operations of Robert Morris, as to...Philadelphia in the year 1806, in the 73d year of his • BotU's Hist. Am. War, vol. iii. p. 343. REVOLUTIONARY ANECDOTES. Mrs. Wright.— At the commencement...
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Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of ..., Volume 2

Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 408 pages
...historian of the American War say, " certainly the Americans owed, and still owe, as much acknowledgement to the financial operations of Robert Morris, as to...the American war, Mr. Morris was among the first in tlie States who extensively en gaged in the East India and China trade. He died in Philadelphia in...
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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 2

John Sanderson - 1828 - 700 pages
...acknowledge the truth of the sentiments maintained by the Italian historian, that " the Americans certainly owed, and still owe, as much acknowledgment to the...to the negotiations of Benjamin Franklin, or even to the arms of "Washington." It has been well written, that such important services rendered to this...
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Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence

Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 pages
...will be sufficient to say, in the language of an elegant historian of the American war, " certain!}' the Americans owed, and still owe, as much acknowledgment...the financial operations of Robert Morris, as to the negociations of Benjamin Franklin, or even the arms of George Washington." To Mr. Morris, also, the...
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Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence

Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1832 - 484 pages
...management, it will be sufficient to say, in the language of an elegant historian of the American war, " certainly the Americans owed, and still owe, as much...the financial operations of Robert Morris, as to the negociations of Benjamin Franklin, or even the arms of George Washington." To Mr. Morris, also, the...
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A Dictionary of Biography: Comprising the Most Eminent Characters of All ...

Richard Alfred Davenport - Biography - 1832 - 548 pages
...credit during the exhausted state of our public fund.-. It has been said, and with murh truth, that " the Americans owed, and still owe, as much acknowledgment...the financial operations of Robert Morris, as to the négociations of Benjamin Franklin, or even to the arms of George Washington." He was a member of the...
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Lives of the Presidents of the United States: With Biographical Notices of ...

Robert W. Lincoln - Presidents - 1836 - 530 pages
...suddenly changed. Public and private credit was restored ; and it has been said, that " the Americans owe as much acknowledgment to the financial operations of Robert Morris, as to the negociations of Benjamin Franklin, or even the arms of George Washington." The establishment of the...
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A Book of the United States: Exhibiting Its Geography, Divisions ...

Grenville Mellen - United States - 1839 - 934 pages
...credit during the exhausted state of our public funds. It has been said, and with much truth, that ' the Americans owed, and still owe, as much acknowledgment...to the negotiations of Benjamin Franklin, or even to the arms of George Washington.' He was a member of the convention which framed the constitution...
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History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America, Volume 2

Carlo Botta - United States - 1840 - 506 pages
...only of resisting the efforts of the enemy, but even of resuming the offensive with vigor and success. Certainly, the Americans owed, and still owe, as much...to the negotiations of Benjamin Franklin, or even to the arms of George Washington. Before the salutary effect of this new system had braced the tottering...
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