The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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Page 149
... importance of uniting all the colonies in one system of measures ; and , in pursuance of this favourite idea , a committee of correspondence was at this session elected , to communicate with such committees as might be appointed by ...
... importance of uniting all the colonies in one system of measures ; and , in pursuance of this favourite idea , a committee of correspondence was at this session elected , to communicate with such committees as might be appointed by ...
Page 150
... important influence on their conduct . It has been already seen , how perseveringly this source of influence was maintained by Massachussetts on a former occasion . As a part of the new system , it had been determined that the salaries ...
... important influence on their conduct . It has been already seen , how perseveringly this source of influence was maintained by Massachussetts on a former occasion . As a part of the new system , it had been determined that the salaries ...
Page 156
... importance and value of the prize for which we contend ; we must be equally ignorant of the power of those who have combined against us ; we must be blind to that malice , inveteracy , and insatiable revenge , which actuate our enemies ...
... importance and value of the prize for which we contend ; we must be equally ignorant of the power of those who have combined against us ; we must be blind to that malice , inveteracy , and insatiable revenge , which actuate our enemies ...
Page 159
... importance of those measures into which the nation was hurrying . But his efforts were unavailing . Neither his weight of character , his sound judgment which was yet unimpared , nor his manly eloquence which even at this late period of ...
... importance of those measures into which the nation was hurrying . But his efforts were unavailing . Neither his weight of character , his sound judgment which was yet unimpared , nor his manly eloquence which even at this late period of ...
Page 164
... importance of com- June 7. bining the wisdom of America in one great and common council , passed resolutions declaring the expediency of a meeting of committees from the several colonies for the purposes therein specified , and ...
... importance of com- June 7. bining the wisdom of America in one great and common council , passed resolutions declaring the expediency of a meeting of committees from the several colonies for the purposes therein specified , and ...
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