Life of George Washington...J. Stockdale, 1808 - 560 pages |
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... PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES . BY AARON BANCROFT , A. A. S. PASTOR OF A CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN WORCESTER . LONDON : PRINTED FOR JOHN STOCKDALE , PICCADILLY . 1808 . Biblioteca Bentferrat T. Gillet , Printer , Crown - court . PREFACE ...
... PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES . BY AARON BANCROFT , A. A. S. PASTOR OF A CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN WORCESTER . LONDON : PRINTED FOR JOHN STOCKDALE , PICCADILLY . 1808 . Biblioteca Bentferrat T. Gillet , Printer , Crown - court . PREFACE ...
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... President of Con- gress - Retires to Mount Vernon 295 CHAPTER X. General Washington in retirement - His pursuits - Votes of Congress and of the Legislature of Virginia respecting him -His Visitors and Correspondents - His Plans to ...
... President of Con- gress - Retires to Mount Vernon 295 CHAPTER X. General Washington in retirement - His pursuits - Votes of Congress and of the Legislature of Virginia respecting him -His Visitors and Correspondents - His Plans to ...
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... President - He visits Mount Vernon - Meets Congress at Philadelphia - His Tour to the Southern States - Second Congress - The President refuses his Signature to the Representative Bill - Contemplates re- tiring to private Life ...
... President - He visits Mount Vernon - Meets Congress at Philadelphia - His Tour to the Southern States - Second Congress - The President refuses his Signature to the Representative Bill - Contemplates re- tiring to private Life ...
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... president of the Council , became , for a short time , the Execu- tive , between whom and Colonel Washington per- fect confidence and free communication existed . 1757. ] This year Lord Loudoun succeeded to the civil government of ...
... president of the Council , became , for a short time , the Execu- tive , between whom and Colonel Washington per- fect confidence and free communication existed . 1757. ] This year Lord Loudoun succeeded to the civil government of ...
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... President of Congress communicated his election , he thus addressed him . " Mr. President , although I am truly sensible of the high honour done me in this appointment , yet I feel great distress from a consciousness that my abilities ...
... President of Congress communicated his election , he thus addressed him . " Mr. President , although I am truly sensible of the high honour done me in this appointment , yet I feel great distress from a consciousness that my abilities ...
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