Washington After the Revolution: MDCCLXXXIV-MDCCXCIXJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1898 - 416 páginas |
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... Charles Thomson . " Annapolis , February 7th . - With respect to your commission , I have to inform you , that , previous to the receipt of your letter , it had been in agi- tation among the members to have an order passed for returning ...
... Charles Thomson . " Annapolis , February 7th . - With respect to your commission , I have to inform you , that , previous to the receipt of your letter , it had been in agi- tation among the members to have an order passed for returning ...
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... Charles Thomson , Janu- ary 22 . FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 20 . At Mount Vernon : " I am just beginning to experience that ease and freedom from public cares , which , however desirable , takes some time to realize ; for , strange as it may ...
... Charles Thomson , Janu- ary 22 . FRIDAY , FEBRUARY 20 . At Mount Vernon : " I am just beginning to experience that ease and freedom from public cares , which , however desirable , takes some time to realize ; for , strange as it may ...
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... Charles Washington's * ) I left Doct Craik and the Baggage to follow slowly , and set out myself about Sun Rise for that place where after Breakfasting at Keys " ferry [ on the Shenan- doah ] I arrived about 11 O'clock - distant abt 17 ...
... Charles Washington's * ) I left Doct Craik and the Baggage to follow slowly , and set out myself about Sun Rise for that place where after Breakfasting at Keys " ferry [ on the Shenan- doah ] I arrived about 11 O'clock - distant abt 17 ...
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... Charles Varlo , an Englishman , who visited this country in 1784. Landing at Philadelphia on July 23 of that year , Mr. Varlo made an excursion to the eastward as far as Boston , and afterward journeyed to the southward , arriving at ...
... Charles Varlo , an Englishman , who visited this country in 1784. Landing at Philadelphia on July 23 of that year , Mr. Varlo made an excursion to the eastward as far as Boston , and afterward journeyed to the southward , arriving at ...
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... Charles ) , at Mount Vernon , October 15 , 1785 . MONDAY , JANUARY 3 . At Mount Vernon : " January 3. - Doct ' Stuart - his wife -Betcy & Patcy Custis who had been here since the 27th Ulto returned home . " - Washington's Diary ...
... Charles ) , at Mount Vernon , October 15 , 1785 . MONDAY , JANUARY 3 . At Mount Vernon : " January 3. - Doct ' Stuart - his wife -Betcy & Patcy Custis who had been here since the 27th Ulto returned home . " - Washington's Diary ...
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Página 61 - Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power. I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power, which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the State governments extends over the several States.
Página 364 - And he is to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as he shall receive from me, or the future President of the United States of America, or the General or other superior Officers set over him, according to the rules and discipline of War. This Commission to continue in force during the pleasure of the President of the United States for the time being.
Página 241 - The confidence of the whole Union is centred in you. Your being at the helm will be more than an answer to every argument, which can be used to alarm and lead the people in any quarter into violence or secession. North and south will hang together, if they have you to hang on...
Página 62 - I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery, in this country, may be abolished by law.
Página 323 - House a copy of the instructions to the minister of the United States who negotiated the treaty with the King of Great Britain, together with the correspondence and other documents relative to that treaty, excepting such of the said papers as any existing negotiation may render improper to be disclosed.
Página 282 - His Majesty will withdraw all his troops and garrisons from all posts and places within the boundary lines assigned by the treaty of peace to the United States.
Página 65 - You talk, my good sir, of employing influence to appease the present tumults in Massachusetts. I know not where that influence is to be found, or, if attainable, that it would be a proper remedy for the disorders. Influence is not government. Let us have one by which our lives, liberties, and properties will be secured, or let us know the worst at once.
Página 276 - The communications which I have made to you during your present session, from the despatches of our Minister in London, contain a serious aspect of our affairs with Great Britain. But as peace ought to be pursued with unremitted zeal, before the last resource, which has so often been the scourge of nations, and cannot fail to check the advanced prosperity of the United States, is contemplated...
Página 343 - During the dinner much hilarity prevailed ; but on the removal of the cloth it was put an end to by the President, certainly without design. Having filled his glass, he addressed the company, with a smile...
Página 117 - Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality are necessary to make us a great and happy people. Happily the present posture of affairs, and the prevailing disposition of my countrymen, promise to cooperate in establishing those four great and essential pillars of public felicity.