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... letter to his grandson , who was away from home at school , warn- ing him of the dangers which he himself had escaped , and ( like Warren Hastings , reviewing his career in India ) , expressing wonder at his own " moderation " in the ...
... letter to his grandson , who was away from home at school , warn- ing him of the dangers which he himself had escaped , and ( like Warren Hastings , reviewing his career in India ) , expressing wonder at his own " moderation " in the ...
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... letter written from Monticello to his friend David Camp- bell , in 1810 , he contrasts the satisfaction it must give a physician to look back at the lives he has saved with the lawyer's miserable recollection of the many who " by his ...
... letter written from Monticello to his friend David Camp- bell , in 1810 , he contrasts the satisfaction it must give a physician to look back at the lives he has saved with the lawyer's miserable recollection of the many who " by his ...
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... letter to the colonies , drawn up by Samuel Adams , and Lord Hillsborough had ordered the unruly legislature of Massachusetts , through Governor Bernard , to re- scind the letter . The legislature refused to obey by a vote of ninety ...
... letter to the colonies , drawn up by Samuel Adams , and Lord Hillsborough had ordered the unruly legislature of Massachusetts , through Governor Bernard , to re- scind the letter . The legislature refused to obey by a vote of ninety ...
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... letter . He was a welcome ac- cession to the radical cause in Congress , especially as he had the learning and the art to write a power- ful apology for that cause . Our affairs were , as the writers of the time phrased it , " in a ...
... letter . He was a welcome ac- cession to the radical cause in Congress , especially as he had the learning and the art to write a power- ful apology for that cause . Our affairs were , as the writers of the time phrased it , " in a ...
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... letter from Monticello in August , 1775 , beg- ging him to make the true sentiments of the Ameri- cans understood in England . It is one of the most valuable letters we have from Jefferson's pen , de- scribing both his own and his ...
... letter from Monticello in August , 1775 , beg- ging him to make the true sentiments of the Ameri- cans understood in England . It is one of the most valuable letters we have from Jefferson's pen , de- scribing both his own and his ...
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