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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Page vi
... request , were sent to him . His numerous avocations , however , left him time to make but a slight examination of them , after which they continued for some time to repose quietly in the wicker - basket , in which they were brought to ...
... request , were sent to him . His numerous avocations , however , left him time to make but a slight examination of them , after which they continued for some time to repose quietly in the wicker - basket , in which they were brought to ...
Page ix
... requested his guests not to disturb them- selves that the servants would attend to it ! ' For a short time the wine con- tinued to circulate , and it appears the fire did too , for with less ceremony than their host , it soon drove the ...
... requested his guests not to disturb them- selves that the servants would attend to it ! ' For a short time the wine con- tinued to circulate , and it appears the fire did too , for with less ceremony than their host , it soon drove the ...
Page xvii
... requests his father to send him out a negro boy , to wait upon him in capacity of a valet - de - chambre . His request was complied with . By his own account , he was now constantly de- voted to the prosecution of his studies . * His ...
... requests his father to send him out a negro boy , to wait upon him in capacity of a valet - de - chambre . His request was complied with . By his own account , he was now constantly de- voted to the prosecution of his studies . * His ...
Page xxi
... request to assist Captain Aselby in his loading . I should have vested the small proceeds in goods , but the present political disputes between these colonies and the mother country , which threaten us with a deprivation of our liber ...
... request to assist Captain Aselby in his loading . I should have vested the small proceeds in goods , but the present political disputes between these colonies and the mother country , which threaten us with a deprivation of our liber ...
Page xxiv
... requested him to order the arms , which he had left in the palace , to be removed to the public magazine . This request he refused to comply with . Whereupon , on the 24th , they were removed without his authority , as above stated ...
... requested him to order the arms , which he had left in the palace , to be removed to the public magazine . This request he refused to comply with . Whereupon , on the 24th , they were removed without his authority , as above stated ...
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