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Page 15
... followed the appointment of Lord North as prime minister in 1770 , a period in which , as Jef- ferson complained , " our countrymen seemed to fall into a state of insensibility to our situation . " But if politics were dull there was ...
... followed the appointment of Lord North as prime minister in 1770 , a period in which , as Jef- ferson complained , " our countrymen seemed to fall into a state of insensibility to our situation . " But if politics were dull there was ...
Page 39
... followed so hard upon the de- parture of Jefferson for Philadelphia.1 1 Mr. Randall might have added another weight to his scale of probabilities by quoting some of the abundant testimony of con- temporary Virginians to the part played ...
... followed so hard upon the de- parture of Jefferson for Philadelphia.1 1 Mr. Randall might have added another weight to his scale of probabilities by quoting some of the abundant testimony of con- temporary Virginians to the part played ...
Page 53
... followed , but only a national committee con- vened by the governments of the States . There was no supreme national state , but only a consensus of the States . If Congress actually assumed great powers , raised and equipped armies ...
... followed , but only a national committee con- vened by the governments of the States . There was no supreme national state , but only a consensus of the States . If Congress actually assumed great powers , raised and equipped armies ...
Page 73
... followed Virginia's lead in the abolition of entails in 1782 , North Carolina in 1784 , Kentucky in 1796 , New Jersey in 1820. Far down into the nineteenth century broad - minded men in every State were drawing on Jefferson's arguments ...
... followed Virginia's lead in the abolition of entails in 1782 , North Carolina in 1784 , Kentucky in 1796 , New Jersey in 1820. Far down into the nineteenth century broad - minded men in every State were drawing on Jefferson's arguments ...
Page 88
... followed by lead , car- tridges , bread , and blankets . Greene , though some- times nervously importunate in his demands on Jefferson , wrote to Washington of his great gratitude for the aid from the protecting State of the South ...
... followed by lead , car- tridges , bread , and blankets . Greene , though some- times nervously importunate in his demands on Jefferson , wrote to Washington of his great gratitude for the aid from the protecting State of the South ...
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