The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Comp. Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative, Volume 2J. Crissy, 1845 |
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Page 28
... treasury , some were devising means to draw money from it ; and some of those who passed bills imposing heavy taxes , directed that the demands of the state should be first satisfied , and that the residue only should be paid to the ...
... treasury , some were devising means to draw money from it ; and some of those who passed bills imposing heavy taxes , directed that the demands of the state should be first satisfied , and that the residue only should be paid to the ...
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... treasury ; and , although congress had required the payment of two millions on the 1st of April , not a cent had been received on the twenty - third of that month ; and , so late as the 1st of June , not more than twenty thousand ...
... treasury ; and , although congress had required the payment of two millions on the 1st of April , not a cent had been received on the twenty - third of that month ; and , so late as the 1st of June , not more than twenty thousand ...
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... treasury , was a critical operation . In addition to the anxieties which the officers would natu- rally feel respecting their provision for the future , which of necessity re- mained unsecured , large arrears of pay were due to them ...
... treasury , was a critical operation . In addition to the anxieties which the officers would natu- rally feel respecting their provision for the future , which of necessity re- mained unsecured , large arrears of pay were due to them ...
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... treasury , according to the value of their located lands with the improvements thereon , it was proposed to substi- ute another more capable of execution , which should make the popula- ion of each state the measure of its contribution ...
... treasury , according to the value of their located lands with the improvements thereon , it was proposed to substi- ute another more capable of execution , which should make the popula- ion of each state the measure of its contribution ...
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... treasury , an incompetent revenue was preferred to no revenue ; and it was deemed more adviseable to accept a partial com- pliance with the recommendations of congress , than , by inflexibly ad- hering to the integrity of the system ...
... treasury , an incompetent revenue was preferred to no revenue ; and it was deemed more adviseable to accept a partial com- pliance with the recommendations of congress , than , by inflexibly ad- hering to the integrity of the system ...
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