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This significant vote was soon followed by the direct proposition , which Richard
Henry LEE had the honor to submit to ... at the same time it was voted , that a
committee be appointed to prepare a declaration , to the effect of the resolution .
This significant vote was soon followed by the direct proposition , which Richard
Henry LEE had the honor to submit to ... at the same time it was voted , that a
committee be appointed to prepare a declaration , to the effect of the resolution .
Page 103
The candid interpretation which has been given to that vote , by those who
disapproved it , and the assembling together ... at the success of the measure for
which the vote was given , afford ample proof , how far unsuspected uprightness
of ...
The candid interpretation which has been given to that vote , by those who
disapproved it , and the assembling together ... at the success of the measure for
which the vote was given , afford ample proof , how far unsuspected uprightness
of ...
Page 104
I am happy also to have the opportunity of saying , that if the bill had been
presented to me , in the form it was when it received a negative vote from the
distinguished gentleman who represents this District , my own opinion of it would
have ...
I am happy also to have the opportunity of saying , that if the bill had been
presented to me , in the form it was when it received a negative vote from the
distinguished gentleman who represents this District , my own opinion of it would
have ...
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Discourse delivered at Plymouth in Commemoration of the first Settlement | 25 |
DISCOURSE in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams | 71 |
Speech delivered at a Meeting of Citizens of Boston held in Faneuil Hall | 97 |
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