The American Enlightenment: The Shaping of the American Experiment and a Free SocietyAdrienne Koch |
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... England . - Never but once in November and December 1783. - You have Relations in England no doubt . - None at all . - None how can that be ? You are of English Extraction ? -Neither my Father or Mother , Grand- father or Grandmother ...
... England . - Never but once in November and December 1783. - You have Relations in England no doubt . - None at all . - None how can that be ? You are of English Extraction ? -Neither my Father or Mother , Grand- father or Grandmother ...
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... England a house of commons , a house of lords , and a king . They endeavor to balance these different powers , as if this equilib- rium , which in England may be a necessary check to the enormous influence of royalty , could be of any ...
... England a house of commons , a house of lords , and a king . They endeavor to balance these different powers , as if this equilib- rium , which in England may be a necessary check to the enormous influence of royalty , could be of any ...
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... England to this country gave her no more rights over us , than the emigrations of the Danes and Saxons gave to the present authorities of the mother country , over England . In this doctrine , however , I had never been able to get any ...
... England to this country gave her no more rights over us , than the emigrations of the Danes and Saxons gave to the present authorities of the mother country , over England . In this doctrine , however , I had never been able to get any ...
Contents
The Albany Plan of Union | 75 |
Three Letters to Governor Shirley | 80 |
On French Civility | 87 |
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