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 88
... legislature in which she was not represented . May 29 . June . The The assembly of Virginia was in session . when ... legislatures of several other colonies . passed resolutions similar to those of Virginia , and the house of ...
... legislature in which she was not represented . May 29 . June . The The assembly of Virginia was in session . when ... legislatures of several other colonies . passed resolutions similar to those of Virginia , and the house of ...
Page 89
... legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina were not in session . In the mean time , the papers teemed with the most animating exhortations to the people , to unite in the defence of their liberty , and property ; and the stamp officers ...
... legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina were not in session . In the mean time , the papers teemed with the most animating exhortations to the people , to unite in the defence of their liberty , and property ; and the stamp officers ...
Page 93
... legislature over the colonies , and to restore to them that harmony and tranquillity , which had lately been interrupted by disorders of the most dangerous nature . " In the course of the debate in the house of commons , on the motion ...
... legislature over the colonies , and to restore to them that harmony and tranquillity , which had lately been interrupted by disorders of the most dangerous nature . " In the course of the debate in the house of commons , on the motion ...
Page 97
... legislature , desiring their compliance with an act of parliament called the mutiny act , which required that the colony , in which any of his majesty's forces might be stationed , should provide for them barracks , and certain ...
... legislature , desiring their compliance with an act of parliament called the mutiny act , which required that the colony , in which any of his majesty's forces might be stationed , should provide for them barracks , and certain ...
Page 98
... legislatures , they having no right to refuse obedience to the act , no essential dis- tinction can easily be drawn . It is strange that such inaccurate ideas should then have pre- vailed , in any part of the continent , concerning the ...
... legislatures , they having no right to refuse obedience to the act , no essential dis- tinction can easily be drawn . It is strange that such inaccurate ideas should then have pre- vailed , in any part of the continent , concerning the ...
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