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... secretary of state in Washington's cabinet ) ; William Stith , the historian of Virginia ; John Marshall , for thirty- four years chief justice of the supreme court ; Richard Bland , the celebrated Revolutionary leader ; Robert E. Lee ...
... secretary of state in Washington's cabinet ) ; William Stith , the historian of Virginia ; John Marshall , for thirty- four years chief justice of the supreme court ; Richard Bland , the celebrated Revolutionary leader ; Robert E. Lee ...
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... secretary of state , are sufficient testi- mony to the use he made of the privilege of the advice and example of George Wythe . If Jefferson's apprenticeship in the law was long , it was because of his passion for thoroughness . Every ...
... secretary of state , are sufficient testi- mony to the use he made of the privilege of the advice and example of George Wythe . If Jefferson's apprenticeship in the law was long , it was because of his passion for thoroughness . Every ...
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... secretary , Charles Thompson , in making up his minutes for the session of July 4 , left a blank space for the text of the Declaration . The space was filled later by pasting into it a copy of the Dec- laration , to which were appended ...
... secretary , Charles Thompson , in making up his minutes for the session of July 4 , left a blank space for the text of the Declaration . The space was filled later by pasting into it a copy of the Dec- laration , to which were appended ...
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... secretary , John Jay , " that it would be agreeable not to press our commercial regulations at that moment , the Ministry being too much occupied with the difficulties surrounding them to spare a moment on any subject that would admit ...
... secretary , John Jay , " that it would be agreeable not to press our commercial regulations at that moment , the Ministry being too much occupied with the difficulties surrounding them to spare a moment on any subject that would admit ...
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... secretary of state he was still negotiating for them in 1793 , and ten years later , as President of the United States , he sent our new navy to the Mediterranean to seek out the pirates in their own lair and scourge them into decency ...
... secretary of state he was still negotiating for them in 1793 , and ten years later , as President of the United States , he sent our new navy to the Mediterranean to seek out the pirates in their own lair and scourge them into decency ...
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