Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volume 8R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 - United States |
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... France , did , in the latter end of the year 1777 , come over to America , and producing the most honour- able testimonials of his military rank and abilities , did proffer his services to congress , declaring , at the same time , that ...
... France , did , in the latter end of the year 1777 , come over to America , and producing the most honour- able testimonials of his military rank and abilities , did proffer his services to congress , declaring , at the same time , that ...
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... France . The citizen Genet , made his singular progress through the country , and after an embassy unparalleled in the history of diplomacy , was recalled . General Pinckney was sent to France to negotiate , but was not received ...
... France . The citizen Genet , made his singular progress through the country , and after an embassy unparalleled in the history of diplomacy , was recalled . General Pinckney was sent to France to negotiate , but was not received ...
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... France ; and particularly insisted , that to her friendship alone , America could look for safety . The envoys , after some time , refused to hold any further communication with these agents . Though not received in their public ...
... France ; and particularly insisted , that to her friendship alone , America could look for safety . The envoys , after some time , refused to hold any further communication with these agents . Though not received in their public ...
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... France ; but Mr. Gerry was invited to remain and resume the negotiation which had been interrupted , and he consented to do so . 4 At the time , the course thus adopted by Mr. Gerry was censured by his political opponents . Yet calmly ...
... France ; but Mr. Gerry was invited to remain and resume the negotiation which had been interrupted , and he consented to do so . 4 At the time , the course thus adopted by Mr. Gerry was censured by his political opponents . Yet calmly ...
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... France with respect to them . It would have been impossible for me under existing circumstances to have consented to a separate negotiation , had the pro- vision been made in our powers and instructions : for two of my colleagues , one ...
... France with respect to them . It would have been impossible for me under existing circumstances to have consented to a separate negotiation , had the pro- vision been made in our powers and instructions : for two of my colleagues , one ...
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Page 301 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects...
Page 266 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
Page 51 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Page 211 - England, sir, is a nation, which still I hope respects, and formerly adored, her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you, when this part of your character was most predominant ; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are therefore not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas, and on English principles.
Page 38 - STATES, and to consist of one delegate from each state; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction...
Page 266 - True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
Page 263 - Britain, and it is necessary that the exercise of every kind of authority under the said Crown should be totally suppressed, and all the powers of government exerted under the authority of the people of the Colonies, for the preservation of internal peace, virtue, and good order, as well as for the defence of their lives, liberties, and properties, against the hostile invasions and cruel depredations of their enemies.
Page 307 - The king replied, as quick as lightning, " An honest man will never have any other.
Page 307 - The King then asked me whether I came last from France, and upon my answering in the affirmative, he put on an air of familiarity, and smiling, or rather laughing, said : " There is an opinion among some people that you are not the most attached of all your countrymen to the manners of France.