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... vote . Thomas Jefferson was standing in the lobby at the door of the hall of the burgesses when Henry made his speech , and was still under the spell of that Homeric eloquence when his kinsman , Peyton Randolph , attorney - general of ...
... vote . Thomas Jefferson was standing in the lobby at the door of the hall of the burgesses when Henry made his speech , and was still under the spell of that Homeric eloquence when his kinsman , Peyton Randolph , attorney - general of ...
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... vote needed to kill the resolutions . It was a red - letter day in Jefferson's life one of those rare moments whose influence lasts to the grave . Forty - five years later Jefferson wrote to his friend William Wirt , who was preparing a ...
... vote needed to kill the resolutions . It was a red - letter day in Jefferson's life one of those rare moments whose influence lasts to the grave . Forty - five years later Jefferson wrote to his friend William Wirt , who was preparing a ...
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... voted a resolution to observe the 1st of June as a 19 day of fasting , humiliation , and prayer , " to implore heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war , to in- spire us with firmness in support of our rights , and to turn the ...
... voted a resolution to observe the 1st of June as a 19 day of fasting , humiliation , and prayer , " to implore heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war , to in- spire us with firmness in support of our rights , and to turn the ...
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... vote of 83 to 33 in the Lords and 210 to 105 in the Commons , rejected mo- tions for conciliation . On this side of the water there was no less determination . Congress main- tained an army in active opposition to the royal governor of ...
... vote of 83 to 33 in the Lords and 210 to 105 in the Commons , rejected mo- tions for conciliation . On this side of the water there was no less determination . Congress main- tained an army in active opposition to the royal governor of ...
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... vote , " i . e . , by the members living north and west of Richmond ; and Jefferson himself wrote from Philadelphia to Thomas Nelson , just after taking his seat : " When at home I took great pains to inquire into the sen- timents of ...
... vote , " i . e . , by the members living north and west of Richmond ; and Jefferson himself wrote from Philadelphia to Thomas Nelson , just after taking his seat : " When at home I took great pains to inquire into the sen- timents of ...
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