The History of the Administration of John Adams, Esq., Late President of the United StatesBarlas and Ward, 1802 - 506 pages This 1802 book gives a history of the presidency of Founding Father John Adams. |
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... months , was the success of Jay's appeal to the mag- nanimity of George Guelph , and of his kissing the hand of " the meat , drink , snuff , and diamond - lov- ing Dame . " In the spring of 1796 , Captain Samuel Green made a voyage from ...
... months , was the success of Jay's appeal to the mag- nanimity of George Guelph , and of his kissing the hand of " the meat , drink , snuff , and diamond - lov- ing Dame . " In the spring of 1796 , Captain Samuel Green made a voyage from ...
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... months af- ter it had been fully ratified , upwards of three hundred American ships were captured by British frigates and British pirates ; and , upon the most moderate calculation , a thousand American citi- zens were doomed to fight ...
... months af- ter it had been fully ratified , upwards of three hundred American ships were captured by British frigates and British pirates ; and , upon the most moderate calculation , a thousand American citi- zens were doomed to fight ...
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... month , in the morning , he was boarded by the French armed schooner ( as near as he could recol- lect ) the Athenienne , commanded by one Paschal , from Guadaloupe , under the lee of which island the brig then was , and in the evening ...
... month , in the morning , he was boarded by the French armed schooner ( as near as he could recol- lect ) the Athenienne , commanded by one Paschal , from Guadaloupe , under the lee of which island the brig then was , and in the evening ...
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... months , that is to say , until the 1st inst . ( January , 1796 ) when Captain Wheeler , of the brig Peggy , of New - York , having obtained permission to pick out American sailors , that might be found on board of different prison ...
... months , that is to say , until the 1st inst . ( January , 1796 ) when Captain Wheeler , of the brig Peggy , of New - York , having obtained permission to pick out American sailors , that might be found on board of different prison ...
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John Wood. self , during all the time of near nine months he was detained in Guadaloupe , plundered of every thing belonging to him , and not left a second shirt to put on ; that during his detention in Point - a - Petre , Captain Lyle ...
John Wood. self , during all the time of near nine months he was detained in Guadaloupe , plundered of every thing belonging to him , and not left a second shirt to put on ; that during his detention in Point - a - Petre , Captain Lyle ...
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