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... peace and surveyor for the new county of Albemarle , in which his lands lay , then was appointed colonel of the militia of his county , and finally , in the disastrous year of Braddock's defeat ( 1755 ) , he was elected a member of the ...
... peace and surveyor for the new county of Albemarle , in which his lands lay , then was appointed colonel of the militia of his county , and finally , in the disastrous year of Braddock's defeat ( 1755 ) , he was elected a member of the ...
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... peace and a vestryman of the parish . He also initiated his lifelong crusade for the improve- ment of material conditions through applied science , by starting a petition to the legislature for making the Rivanna River a navigable ...
... peace and a vestryman of the parish . He also initiated his lifelong crusade for the improve- ment of material conditions through applied science , by starting a petition to the legislature for making the Rivanna River a navigable ...
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... peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it , Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take ; but as for me , give me liberty or give me death ! " The motion to arm the colony was carried ...
... peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it , Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take ; but as for me , give me liberty or give me death ! " The motion to arm the colony was carried ...
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... peace and good order during the continuance of the present dispute between Great Britain and the colonies . " It is difficult to see what further act of sovereignty the colonists could perform . The in- consistency of such behavior with ...
... peace and good order during the continuance of the present dispute between Great Britain and the colonies . " It is difficult to see what further act of sovereignty the colonists could perform . The in- consistency of such behavior with ...
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... peace and safety of his country depend , under God , solely on the success of our arms . " It is said that the Marseillaise was worth ten thousand men to the Jacobin generals of the French Revolution . Who shall say how many regiments ...
... peace and safety of his country depend , under God , solely on the success of our arms . " It is said that the Marseillaise was worth ten thousand men to the Jacobin generals of the French Revolution . Who shall say how many regiments ...
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