History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States: With Notices of Its Principal Framers, Volume 1Harper and Brothers, 1865 |
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... claim more than their just share of merit and renown for names or places endeared to us by local feeling or ... claims of party , or the solicitations of pride , is worse than useless to mankind . BOSTON , July , 1854 . CONTETNS ...
... claim more than their just share of merit and renown for names or places endeared to us by local feeling or ... claims of party , or the solicitations of pride , is worse than useless to mankind . BOSTON , July , 1854 . CONTETNS ...
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... Claims Generous Example of New Jersey 134 • 135 Delaware follows it 135 Maryland adopts the Articles of Confederation • 136 Virginia yields her Claim to some of her Territory 137 • Progress of the People of the United States towards a ...
... Claims Generous Example of New Jersey 134 • 135 Delaware follows it 135 Maryland adopts the Articles of Confederation • 136 Virginia yields her Claim to some of her Territory 137 • Progress of the People of the United States towards a ...
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... CLAIMS OF THE ARMY.- NEWBURGH ADDRESSES . PEACE PROCLAIMED . - THE ARMY DISBANDED . REQUISITIONS . Congress assembles under the Confederation Treaty of Peace signed Treaty of Alliance with France 155 155 • 156 Delay of the States in ...
... CLAIMS OF THE ARMY.- NEWBURGH ADDRESSES . PEACE PROCLAIMED . - THE ARMY DISBANDED . REQUISITIONS . Congress assembles under the Confederation Treaty of Peace signed Treaty of Alliance with France 155 155 • 156 Delay of the States in ...
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... Claims of the various Classes of the Public Creditors 178 Character of the United States involved 179 The Confederation a Government for Purposes of War 181 Its Great Defects 181 The Moral Feelings an Unsafe Reliance for the Operations ...
... Claims of the various Classes of the Public Creditors 178 Character of the United States involved 179 The Confederation a Government for Purposes of War 181 Its Great Defects 181 The Moral Feelings an Unsafe Reliance for the Operations ...
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... New States Cession by Massachusetts and Connecticut of a Portion of their Ter- ritorial Claims Modification by Virginia of her Act of Cession 299 299 , 300 300 Cession of Lands by South Carolina No other Lands ceded xxviii CONTENTS .
... New States Cession by Massachusetts and Connecticut of a Portion of their Ter- ritorial Claims Modification by Virginia of her Act of Cession 299 299 , 300 300 Cession of Lands by South Carolina No other Lands ceded xxviii CONTENTS .
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