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... nights are spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own , per- haps the ruin of other countries , as if this globe was insuffi- cient for us all , and the courtier , who is always watching the countenance of his prince ...
... nights are spent in devising schemes to promote the welfare of his own , per- haps the ruin of other countries , as if this globe was insuffi- cient for us all , and the courtier , who is always watching the countenance of his prince ...
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... night , and to the old Town next day . September 8.- Set out about 7 oclock with the Doct ' ( Craik ) his son William and my Nephew Bushrod Washington , who were to make the tour with us , —about ten I parted with them at 15 Miles Creek ...
... night , and to the old Town next day . September 8.- Set out about 7 oclock with the Doct ' ( Craik ) his son William and my Nephew Bushrod Washington , who were to make the tour with us , —about ten I parted with them at 15 Miles Creek ...
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... night of the 20th at the house of Colonel John Canon , the site of the present Canonsburg , laid out in 1787 . TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 . Leaves Washington County : " September 21. - Accompa- nied by Col Casson & Capt Swearingin [ sheriff ...
... night of the 20th at the house of Colonel John Canon , the site of the present Canonsburg , laid out in 1787 . TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 . Leaves Washington County : " September 21. - Accompa- nied by Col Casson & Capt Swearingin [ sheriff ...
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... night of the 24th at the house of Captain Samuel Hanway , about three miles south of Cheat River , in Monongalia County , Virginia , now West Virginia . Captain Hanway was the surveyor of Mo- nongalia County . On the 25th he resumed his ...
... night of the 24th at the house of Captain Samuel Hanway , about three miles south of Cheat River , in Monongalia County , Virginia , now West Virginia . Captain Hanway was the surveyor of Mo- nongalia County . On the 25th he resumed his ...
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... Night and the continuance of it this morning ( which lasted till about 10 oclock ) I breakfasted by Candlelight , and Mounted my horse soon after day break ; & having Capt Ashby for a guide thro ' the intricate part of the Road ( which ...
... Night and the continuance of it this morning ( which lasted till about 10 oclock ) I breakfasted by Candlelight , and Mounted my horse soon after day break ; & having Capt Ashby for a guide thro ' the intricate part of the Road ( which ...
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Página 338 - 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 242 - ... by God he had rather be in his grave than in his present situation; that he had rather be on his farm than to be made Emperor of the world; and yet that they were charging him with wanting to be a King.
Página 56 - 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 83 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected ; and thus the Constitution, which we now...
Página 57 - 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 111 - About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity ; and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less hope of answering its expectations.
Página 297 - 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 59 - 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 253 - 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 321 - To make and sell a little flour annually, to repair houses going fast to ruin, to build one for the security of my papers of a public nature, and to amuse myself in agricultural and rural pursuits, will constitute employment for the few years I have to remain on this terrestrial globe.