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... VIII 206 453 Jan. 31 1768 V 93 BARCLAY , THOMAS BIDDLE , CHARLES 1286 Feb. 12 1782 VIII 379 1662 Nov. 2 1573 June 19 1785 IX 1786 IX 545 343 BOHLEN , MADAME DE BARD , MR . AND MRS . JOHN 1255 Nov. 21 1781 VIII 329 1613 Nov. 14 1785 IX ...
... VIII 206 453 Jan. 31 1768 V 93 BARCLAY , THOMAS BIDDLE , CHARLES 1286 Feb. 12 1782 VIII 379 1662 Nov. 2 1573 June 19 1785 IX 1786 IX 545 343 BOHLEN , MADAME DE BARD , MR . AND MRS . JOHN 1255 Nov. 21 1781 VIII 329 1613 Nov. 14 1785 IX ...
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... VIII PAGE 319 BOWDOIN , JAMES BYLES , MATHER 121 Sept. 5 1751 III 52 1727 June I 1788 IX 655 130 Jan. 24 1752 73 150 Feb. 28 1753 122 152 April 12 162 Oct. 18 163 1037 CABANIS , PIERRE JEAN GEORGES 125 1036 Sept. 19 1779 VII 375 See ...
... VIII PAGE 319 BOWDOIN , JAMES BYLES , MATHER 121 Sept. 5 1751 III 52 1727 June I 1788 IX 655 130 Jan. 24 1752 73 150 Feb. 28 1753 122 152 April 12 162 Oct. 18 163 1037 CABANIS , PIERRE JEAN GEORGES 125 1036 Sept. 19 1779 VII 375 See ...
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... VIII See also Thomas Cushing and others . HARE - NAYLOR , MRS . GEORGIANA 249 308 1703 Oct. 22 619 608 Sept. 26 1772 V 438 1742 Oct. 24 1788 Oct. 8 1780 VIII 148 I 202 GRAND PENSIONARY OF HOLLAND See Van Berckel , E. P. Date uncertain ...
... VIII See also Thomas Cushing and others . HARE - NAYLOR , MRS . GEORGIANA 249 308 1703 Oct. 22 619 608 Sept. 26 1772 V 438 1742 Oct. 24 1788 Oct. 8 1780 VIII 148 I 202 GRAND PENSIONARY OF HOLLAND See Van Berckel , E. P. Date uncertain ...
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... VIII 259 LAURENS , MISS MARTHA 976 1029 March 22 Aug. 19 1779 VII Dec. 29 1781 VIII 352 366 1032 Aug. LAVOISIER , MADAME 24 370 1042 Oct. I Oct. 23 1788 IX 667 1081 March 2 1780 VIII 20 1209 May 14 1781 250 1336 July 9 1782 1343 July 24 ...
... VIII 259 LAURENS , MISS MARTHA 976 1029 March 22 Aug. 19 1779 VII Dec. 29 1781 VIII 352 366 1032 Aug. LAVOISIER , MADAME 24 370 1042 Oct. I Oct. 23 1788 IX 667 1081 March 2 1780 VIII 20 1209 May 14 1781 250 1336 July 9 1782 1343 July 24 ...
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... VIII See also Thomas Cushing and others . HARE - NAYLOR , Mrs. GEORGIANA 240 308 1703 Oct. 22 608 Sept. 26 1772 V 438 1742 Oct. 24 1788 GRAND PENSIONARY OF HOLLAND See Van Berckel , E. P. Oct. 8 1780 VIII 148 1202 Date uncertain 1781 ...
... VIII See also Thomas Cushing and others . HARE - NAYLOR , Mrs. GEORGIANA 240 308 1703 Oct. 22 608 Sept. 26 1772 V 438 1742 Oct. 24 1788 GRAND PENSIONARY OF HOLLAND See Van Berckel , E. P. Oct. 8 1780 VIII 148 1202 Date uncertain 1781 ...
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Page 284 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
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Page 97 - SAVAGES we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs. Perhaps if we could examine the manners of different nations with impartiality we should find no people so rude as to be without any rules of politeness, or none so polite as not to have some remains of rudeness.
Page 293 - Britain, at the expense of three millions, has killed one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is twenty thousand pounds a head ; and at Bunker's Hill she gained a mile of ground, half of which she lost again by our taking post on Ploughed Hill. During the same time sixty * thousand children have been born in America. From these data his mathematical head will easily calculate the time and expense necessary to kill us all, and conquer our whole territory.
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