A History of Political Parties in the United States: Being an Account of the Political Parties Since the Foundation of the Government; Together with a Consideration of the Conditions Attending Their Formation and Development; and with a Reprint of the Several Party PlatformsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900 - 477 pages |
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... secure in its continu- ance , were reluctantly brought to the suggestion of Franklin that a general congress be held , with represen tatives from all the colonies ; and " after full and solemn assertion and declaration of their rights ...
... secure in its continu- ance , were reluctantly brought to the suggestion of Franklin that a general congress be held , with represen tatives from all the colonies ; and " after full and solemn assertion and declaration of their rights ...
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... secure for the Constitution . The ratification by Con- necticut was secured by the influence and arguments of Oliver Ellsworth , Oliver Wolcott , Governor Hunting- ton , and Richard Law . Samuel Adams , brave , blunt , and patriotic ...
... secure for the Constitution . The ratification by Con- necticut was secured by the influence and arguments of Oliver Ellsworth , Oliver Wolcott , Governor Hunting- ton , and Richard Law . Samuel Adams , brave , blunt , and patriotic ...
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... secure the adoption of the Constitution , so now many of the leading Federalists joined with their former opponents to resist the aggrandizement of power in the general government . Under the leadership of Mr. Jefferson , they formed ...
... secure the adoption of the Constitution , so now many of the leading Federalists joined with their former opponents to resist the aggrandizement of power in the general government . Under the leadership of Mr. Jefferson , they formed ...
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... secure a Senator from Penn- sylvania , and to exclude Albert Gallatin from the House of Representatives . The lesson in partisan tactics thus early resorted to was well learned , and effectively prac tised in later years Questions of ...
... secure a Senator from Penn- sylvania , and to exclude Albert Gallatin from the House of Representatives . The lesson in partisan tactics thus early resorted to was well learned , and effectively prac tised in later years Questions of ...
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... secure success , became apparent . Adams , Federalist , received 71. Pinckney , Federalist , 59. Jefferson , Dem . ocrat - Republican , 68. Burr , Democrat - Republican , 30 . Samuel Adams , Democrat - Republican , 15. Ellsworth , Anti ...
... secure success , became apparent . Adams , Federalist , received 71. Pinckney , Federalist , 59. Jefferson , Dem . ocrat - Republican , 68. Burr , Democrat - Republican , 30 . Samuel Adams , Democrat - Republican , 15. Ellsworth , Anti ...
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