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Page 48
... treaties of alliance and com- merce . Jefferson had been asked to serve on this commission with Franklin and Deane , but another service , which we shall study in our next chapter , appealed to him with a clearer call , and Arthur Lee ...
... treaties of alliance and com- merce . Jefferson had been asked to serve on this commission with Franklin and Deane , but another service , which we shall study in our next chapter , appealed to him with a clearer call , and Arthur Lee ...
Page 53
... treaties , it was only as the steward of the interests of the States and in some cases by their explicit mandate . The Congress of the Confederation exercised only powers of attorney . Unless we realize these facts we shall misunder ...
... treaties , it was only as the steward of the interests of the States and in some cases by their explicit mandate . The Congress of the Confederation exercised only powers of attorney . Unless we realize these facts we shall misunder ...
Page 98
... treaty with England , conquest from Mexico , was extended to the Pacific coast ; and whose political organization , economic development , and social amalgamation have exercised the most potent influence on the course of American ...
... treaty with England , conquest from Mexico , was extended to the Pacific coast ; and whose political organization , economic development , and social amalgamation have exercised the most potent influence on the course of American ...
Page 104
... treaties with thirteen American nations or one . The army was unpaid and mutinous . " They have swords in their hands , " wrote Gouverneur Morris to Jay , " and you know enough of the history of mankind to know much more than I have ...
... treaties with thirteen American nations or one . The army was unpaid and mutinous . " They have swords in their hands , " wrote Gouverneur Morris to Jay , " and you know enough of the history of mankind to know much more than I have ...
Page 105
... treaty of peace with Great Britain came be- fore Congress in December , 1783 , but it was not until the middle of January that representatives from the nine States necessary for its ratification could be secured . Several members of ...
... treaty of peace with Great Britain came be- fore Congress in December , 1783 , but it was not until the middle of January that representatives from the nine States necessary for its ratification could be secured . Several members of ...
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