The Bland Papers: Being a Selection from the Manuscripts of Colonel Theodorick Bland, Jr. ; to which are Prefixed an Introduction, and a Memoir of Colonel Bland, Volumes 1-2E. & J.C. Ruffin, 1840 - United States |
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... America , " and in the " Memoirs of Madame de Riedesel . " * By a letter , dated February 28th , 1779 , General Washington again appointed Colonel Bland to superintend the troops of convention , and to take command of the post at ...
... America , " and in the " Memoirs of Madame de Riedesel . " * By a letter , dated February 28th , 1779 , General Washington again appointed Colonel Bland to superintend the troops of convention , and to take command of the post at ...
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... America in the years 1780 , '81 , '82 , by the Marquis de Chastellux . " † Subjoined is a copy of the commission : The commonwealth of Virginia . TO THEODORICK BLAND , ESQ . , Greeting . Know you , that from the special trust and ...
... America in the years 1780 , '81 , '82 , by the Marquis de Chastellux . " † Subjoined is a copy of the commission : The commonwealth of Virginia . TO THEODORICK BLAND , ESQ . , Greeting . Know you , that from the special trust and ...
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... America ; for my part , I am pleased with the thoughts of going with you , and am determined [ to make ] your time of going mine . We [ have no news in this ] part of the world worth relating . I shall expect to hear from you by the ...
... America ; for my part , I am pleased with the thoughts of going with you , and am determined [ to make ] your time of going mine . We [ have no news in this ] part of the world worth relating . I shall expect to hear from you by the ...
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... America to sustain her liberties , over- whelm me now with affliction . We must be the contempt of the present , the odium of future time . We must bear the humiliating reflection , that we knowingly resigned our liberties , because we ...
... America to sustain her liberties , over- whelm me now with affliction . We must be the contempt of the present , the odium of future time . We must bear the humiliating reflection , that we knowingly resigned our liberties , because we ...
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... America . The study of the law pleases me much , but where I shall prac- tise , when I have obtain❜d a gown , God knows . Remember me to Mrs. Bland , your father , uncle , and all our friends . If Farley is yet among you , I beg you ...
... America . The study of the law pleases me much , but where I shall prac- tise , when I have obtain❜d a gown , God knows . Remember me to Mrs. Bland , your father , uncle , and all our friends . If Farley is yet among you , I beg you ...
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