Life of Washington: A Biography, Personal, Military, and Political, Volume 1Virtue, 1860 - Presidents |
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Page 127
... CONGRESS AT ALBANY . 127 CHAPTER XIII . CONGRESS OF DELEGATES AT ALBANY - FRANKLIN'S PLAN OF UNION — IT IS RE- JECTED BY THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT AND THE COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES -MEET- ING WITH THE CHIEFS OF THE IROQUOIS - SPEECH OF HENDRIK ...
... CONGRESS AT ALBANY . 127 CHAPTER XIII . CONGRESS OF DELEGATES AT ALBANY - FRANKLIN'S PLAN OF UNION — IT IS RE- JECTED BY THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT AND THE COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES -MEET- ING WITH THE CHIEFS OF THE IROQUOIS - SPEECH OF HENDRIK ...
Page 331
... CONGRESS . 331 who was really opposed to the stamp - act , in principle , was , never- theless , as the representative of the king , compelled to support it . Therefore , on being informed of the action of the burgesses in adopt- ing ...
... CONGRESS . 331 who was really opposed to the stamp - act , in principle , was , never- theless , as the representative of the king , compelled to support it . Therefore , on being informed of the action of the burgesses in adopt- ing ...
Page 392
... CONGRESS , to deliberate on such measures as the united interests of the several colonies might require . Thus was Franklin's suggestion , made months before , and the propositions at town meetings in New York and Boston , moulded into ...
... CONGRESS , to deliberate on such measures as the united interests of the several colonies might require . Thus was Franklin's suggestion , made months before , and the propositions at town meetings in New York and Boston , moulded into ...
Page 393
... CONGRESS PROPOSED . 393 reached them , the assembly of Massachusetts , convened at Salem , resolved , " That a ... congress when it should assemble , but the Vir- ginians postponed further action on the subject , until a more con ...
... CONGRESS PROPOSED . 393 reached them , the assembly of Massachusetts , convened at Salem , resolved , " That a ... congress when it should assemble , but the Vir- ginians postponed further action on the subject , until a more con ...
Page 405
... congress ; that petty disputes between separate colonies should be buried in eternal oblivion ; that men of fortune set examples of frugality in living ; that domestic arts and manufactures , and the raising of sheep ought to be ...
... congress ; that petty disputes between separate colonies should be buried in eternal oblivion ; that men of fortune set examples of frugality in living ; that domestic arts and manufactures , and the raising of sheep ought to be ...
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