The Price of UnionHoughton Mifflin, 1950 - 750 pages Explores the origins and development of American political institutions. Contains a copy of the constitution, notes, bibliography, and index. |
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Page 70
... asked that the federal debt , for- eign and domestic , should be funded at par , and that import duties and excise taxes be provided to meet interest and amortization . * Further , he asked that the war debts of the states be assumed by ...
... asked that the federal debt , for- eign and domestic , should be funded at par , and that import duties and excise taxes be provided to meet interest and amortization . * Further , he asked that the war debts of the states be assumed by ...
Page 146
... asked for secret money to buy West Florida . Jefferson got the two million dollars , and Randolph for the most part confined his opposition to the secret sessions ; but this was the last breaking of the strict Republican code which the ...
... asked for secret money to buy West Florida . Jefferson got the two million dollars , and Randolph for the most part confined his opposition to the secret sessions ; but this was the last breaking of the strict Republican code which the ...
Page 295
... asked whether anything had happened , he answered , " Madam , you would think something had hap- pened , if you knew what I have done . I have killed seventeen Roman proconsuls as dead as smelts ! " Behind the demise of the proconsuls ...
... asked whether anything had happened , he answered , " Madam , you would think something had hap- pened , if you knew what I have done . I have killed seventeen Roman proconsuls as dead as smelts ! " Behind the demise of the proconsuls ...
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Prelude to a Federation | 25 |
Claims of the States to Western Lands 17831802 | 35 |
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