The American Enlightenment: The Shaping of the American Experiment and a Free SocietyAdrienne Koch |
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... House on Friday , the 28th of June , when it was read , and ordered to lie on the table . On Monday , the 1st of July , the House resolved itself into a com- mittee of the whole , and resumed the consideration of the original motion ...
... House on Friday , the 28th of June , when it was read , and ordered to lie on the table . On Monday , the 1st of July , the House resolved itself into a com- mittee of the whole , and resumed the consideration of the original motion ...
Page 305
... house in- competent to business . I think if we had a full house , that is , 13 states with three members from each so that no votes might be lost by division we might clear our docket in two or three months , and that an annual session ...
... house in- competent to business . I think if we had a full house , that is , 13 states with three members from each so that no votes might be lost by division we might clear our docket in two or three months , and that an annual session ...
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... house being chosen by the people directly . For tho ' I think a house chosen by them will be very illy qualified to legislate for the Union , for foreign nations & c . yet this evil does not weigh against the good of preserving ...
... house being chosen by the people directly . For tho ' I think a house chosen by them will be very illy qualified to legislate for the Union , for foreign nations & c . yet this evil does not weigh against the good of preserving ...
Contents
The Albany Plan of Union | 75 |
Three Letters to Governor Shirley | 80 |
On French Civility | 87 |
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