The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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Page 91
... congress recommended to the several colonies to appoint special agents , who should unite their utmost endeavours in soliciting redress of grievances ; and having directed their clerk to make out a copy of their proceedings for each ...
... congress recommended to the several colonies to appoint special agents , who should unite their utmost endeavours in soliciting redress of grievances ; and having directed their clerk to make out a copy of their proceedings for each ...
Page 147
... congress .... Proceedings of that body ..... Transactions in Virginia .... Provincial congress of South Carolina .... Battle of Breeds hill . IN the middle and southern colonies , the irrita - 1770 . tion against the mother country ...
... congress .... Proceedings of that body ..... Transactions in Virginia .... Provincial congress of South Carolina .... Battle of Breeds hill . IN the middle and southern colonies , the irrita - 1770 . tion against the mother country ...
Page 163
... congress , and to deliberate A general on those general measures , which the united proposed . interests of America might from time to time render necessary . This measure had already been proposed in town meetings in New York and ...
... congress , and to deliberate A general on those general measures , which the united proposed . interests of America might from time to time render necessary . This measure had already been proposed in town meetings in New York and ...
Page 168
... congress should be formed for . the purpose of uniting and guiding the councils , and directing the efforts of North America . September . The committees of correspondence selected Philadelphia for the place , and the beginning of ...
... congress should be formed for . the purpose of uniting and guiding the councils , and directing the efforts of North America . September . The committees of correspondence selected Philadelphia for the place , and the beginning of ...
Page 169
... congress . elected deputies who were very readily received into . congress . The powers too , with which the representatives of the several colonies were invested , were not only variously expressed , but were of various extent . Most ...
... congress . elected deputies who were very readily received into . congress . The powers too , with which the representatives of the several colonies were invested , were not only variously expressed , but were of various extent . Most ...
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