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Biographia Americana: Or, A Historical and Critical Account of the Lives ... - Page 138
by Benjamin Franklin French - 1820 - 356 pages
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American Patriots and Statesmen, from Washington to Lincoln: Patriotism of ...

Albert Bushnell Hart - 1916 - 376 pages
...on me, by the party for submission. After a long and warm contest, the resolutions passed by a very small majority, perhaps of one or two only. The alarm...the two countries, and gave independence to ours. Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people make of the blessings...
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The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science

1917 - 656 pages
...upon me by the party for submission. After a long and warm contest the resolutions passed by a very small majority, perhaps of one or two only. The alarm...the two countries and gave independence to ours." Mr. Henry moved and Mr. Johnston seconded these resolutions successively. They were opposed by Messrs....
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Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 9

Lyon Gardiner Tyler - 1927 - 336 pages
...quickness and the ministerial party was overwhelmed. The great point of resistance to British America was universally established in the colonies. This...separated the two countries and gave independence to ours. Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse will depend upon the use our people make of the blessings...
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Life and Letters of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1

Francis Wrigley Hirst - 1926 - 654 pages
...on me by the party for submission. After a long and warm contest, the resolutions passed by a very small majority, perhaps of one or two only. The alarm...America with astonishing quickness, and the ministerial parties were overwhelmed. The great point of resistance to British taxation was universally established...
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Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 9

1928 - 346 pages
...quickness and the ministerial party was overwhelmed. The great point of resistance to British America was universally established in the colonies. This...separated the two countries and gave independence to ours. Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse will depend upon the use our people make of the blessings...
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Twelve Virginia Counties: Where the Western Migration Began

John Hastings Gwathmey - 1979 - 508 pages
...submission. After a long and warm contest, the resolutions passed by a very small majority, perhaps one or two only. The alarm spread throughout America...taxation was universally established in the colonies. Phis brought on the war, which finally separated the two countries and gave independence to ours. Whether...
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America's God and Country: Encyclopedia of Quotations

William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 pages
...writing with the following admonition: Patrick Henry protests the Stamp Act in the House of Burgesses This brought on the war which finally separated the two countries and gave independence to ours. Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people make of the blessings,...
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The Library of Original Sources: Volume VII: Era of Revolution

Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 460 pages
...on me, by the party for submission. After a long and warm contest, the resolutions passed by a very small majority, perhaps of one or two only. The alarm...the two countries, and gave independence to ours. Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse will depend upon the use our people make of the blessings...
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Potter's American Monthly, Volumes 6-7

1876 - 1022 pages
...cast on me by the party for submission. After a long and warm contest the resolutions passed by a very small majority, perhaps of one or two only. The alarm...quickness, and the ministerial party were overwhelmed. The preat point of resistance to British taxation was universaUy established in the colonies. This brought...
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