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... secure an estate of 15,000 acres named " Warren's Bush " and afterwards by the gift from the city of New York of a suburban estate - called Chelsea , and now embedded in its limits - especially for his service in the capture of ...
... secure an estate of 15,000 acres named " Warren's Bush " and afterwards by the gift from the city of New York of a suburban estate - called Chelsea , and now embedded in its limits - especially for his service in the capture of ...
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... secure them all . One of the latest objects of his attention was the publication . of a new edition of the " Book of Common Prayer , " to supply the place of the " Mohawk Prayer Book " printed in 1715 , on 13 From Rev. Eleazer Wheelock ...
... secure them all . One of the latest objects of his attention was the publication . of a new edition of the " Book of Common Prayer , " to supply the place of the " Mohawk Prayer Book " printed in 1715 , on 13 From Rev. Eleazer Wheelock ...
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... secure the privileges we enjoy . In devoting himself to the cause , he declined the honors offered to him , to compensate for those he had sacrificed . On a tie vote , between himself and William Livingston - another de- voted and able ...
... secure the privileges we enjoy . In devoting himself to the cause , he declined the honors offered to him , to compensate for those he had sacrificed . On a tie vote , between himself and William Livingston - another de- voted and able ...
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... secure in his own recent visit . DEAR SIR : QUEBEC , Nov. 9 , 1785 . I had the honor to receive your letter of the 6 by express last night at ten o'clock but too late I am sorry to tell you , by two days for producing the effect desired ...
... secure in his own recent visit . DEAR SIR : QUEBEC , Nov. 9 , 1785 . I had the honor to receive your letter of the 6 by express last night at ten o'clock but too late I am sorry to tell you , by two days for producing the effect desired ...
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... secure the property of others , subjecting himself to the jealousy of those who coveted his honors , but not the cares and exposure47 which earned them , 47 SIR : TO HIS EXCELLENCY , GEORGE WASHINGTON , Esq . , GENERAL , & c . , WHEREAS ...
... secure the property of others , subjecting himself to the jealousy of those who coveted his honors , but not the cares and exposure47 which earned them , 47 SIR : TO HIS EXCELLENCY , GEORGE WASHINGTON , Esq . , GENERAL , & c . , WHEREAS ...
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Page 18 - Falkland ; a person of such prodigious parts of learning and knowledge, of that inimitable sweetness and delight in conversation, of so flowing and obliging a humanity and goodness to mankind, and of that primitive simplicity and integrity of life, that if there were no other brand upon this odious and accursed civil war, than that single loss, it must be most infamous and execrable to all posterity.
Page 110 - heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked -" and yet, strangely enough, believing this, they place implicit trust in those they appoint to this or that function.
Page 33 - It is agreed that the Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects...
Page 33 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects, and also of the estates, rights and properties of persons resident in districts in the possession of his Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States.
Page 34 - ... perfectly consistent not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation, which, on the return of the blessings of peace, should universally prevail.
Page 34 - And it is agreed, that all persons who have any interest in confiscated lands, either by debts, marriage settlements, or otherwise, shall meet with no lawful impediment in the prosecution of their just rights.
Page 34 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present War ; and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage either in his person, liberty, or property...
Page 46 - Your Royal Highness is the last of all mortals whom I should expect to see here.' ' It was curiosity that led me,' said the other;
Page 111 - The Republican form of government is the highest form of government ; but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature — a type nowhere at present existing.
Page 111 - ... immigrants of various bloods, has never occurred on such a scale before. Large empires, composed of different peoples, have, in previous cases, been formed by conquest and annexation. Then your immense plexus of railways and telegraphs tends to consolidate this vast aggregate of States in a way that no such aggregate has ever before been consolidated. And there are many minor co-operating causes, unlike those hitherto known. No one can say how it is all going to work out.