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... committee to prepare the ad- dress in reply to the governor's speech , and at the request of his colleagues he drew up a paper . But it was not considered " sufficiently amplified " ( which probably meant " sufficiently vague " ) by the ...
... committee to prepare the ad- dress in reply to the governor's speech , and at the request of his colleagues he drew up a paper . But it was not considered " sufficiently amplified " ( which probably meant " sufficiently vague " ) by the ...
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... committee of eight , including Jefferson and Carr , was appointed . Governor Dunmore , like Governor Botetourt before him , dissolved the house . But the committee met in the famous Apollo Room the next day and sent their resolutions ...
... committee of eight , including Jefferson and Carr , was appointed . Governor Dunmore , like Governor Botetourt before him , dissolved the house . But the committee met in the famous Apollo Room the next day and sent their resolutions ...
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... " where they adopted resolutions boycotting British goods , declaring that an attack on one colony was an attack on all , and instructing their committee of correspondence to sound the other colonies on the advisability 20 THOMAS JEFFERSON.
... " where they adopted resolutions boycotting British goods , declaring that an attack on one colony was an attack on all , and instructing their committee of correspondence to sound the other colonies on the advisability 20 THOMAS JEFFERSON.
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... committees , drawn up resolutions , signed remon- strances with his colleagues at the Raleigh Tavern , returning to his law practice or to his farms at Mon- ticello . But from now on he became altogether a 24 THOMAS JEFFERSON PAGE 1.
... committees , drawn up resolutions , signed remon- strances with his colleagues at the Raleigh Tavern , returning to his law practice or to his farms at Mon- ticello . But from now on he became altogether a 24 THOMAS JEFFERSON PAGE 1.
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... committees were almost unlimited . They inspected the books of merchants to see if they imported prohibited articles , or sold at exorbitant prices . They examined all suspected persons , disarmed , fined , or imprisoned them , and from ...
... committees were almost unlimited . They inspected the books of merchants to see if they imported prohibited articles , or sold at exorbitant prices . They examined all suspected persons , disarmed , fined , or imprisoned them , and from ...
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