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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... officers , No. 1 , 2 . Letters to and from Theodorick Bland , Sen. , and Lady , No. 1 . Letters to and from Theodorick Bland , Sen. , and Col. Banister , No. 1 . Letters to and from Colonel Tucker , No. 1 . Letters to and from Major ...
... officers , No. 1 , 2 . Letters to and from Theodorick Bland , Sen. , and Lady , No. 1 . Letters to and from Theodorick Bland , Sen. , and Col. Banister , No. 1 . Letters to and from Colonel Tucker , No. 1 . Letters to and from Major ...
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... officers , both civil and military , within the same : I , reposing especial trust in your loyalty , courage and good conduct , do , by these presents , appoint you , the said Theodorick Bland , colonel of the militia for the county of ...
... officers , both civil and military , within the same : I , reposing especial trust in your loyalty , courage and good conduct , do , by these presents , appoint you , the said Theodorick Bland , colonel of the militia for the county of ...
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... officers and soldiers . He has kindly invited me to his table for the campaign , offer'd me any sum of money I may have occasion for , without charging either principal or interest , and signified his approbation of my conduct hitherto ...
... officers and soldiers . He has kindly invited me to his table for the campaign , offer'd me any sum of money I may have occasion for , without charging either principal or interest , and signified his approbation of my conduct hitherto ...
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... officer seems discontented in camp , happy on com- mand , so deep is the interest of our country implanted in the minds of all . Sometimes the army wears a ... officers in a manner ruin'd by persons whose souls scorn THE BLAND PAPERS . 13.
... officer seems discontented in camp , happy on com- mand , so deep is the interest of our country implanted in the minds of all . Sometimes the army wears a ... officers in a manner ruin'd by persons whose souls scorn THE BLAND PAPERS . 13.
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... officers in a manner ruin'd by persons whose souls scorn a thought that tends not immediately to their own advantage . I'm sorry to live upon my country when I've so small a prospect of repaying her by any service . We shall march to ...
... officers in a manner ruin'd by persons whose souls scorn a thought that tends not immediately to their own advantage . I'm sorry to live upon my country when I've so small a prospect of repaying her by any service . We shall march to ...
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