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... arrived in Barbadoes after a voyage of five weeks . Laurence seemed to derive benefit from the change of climate ; but George , after he had been fourteen days in the island , was attacked with smallpox . He lay in some danger for three ...
... arrived in Barbadoes after a voyage of five weeks . Laurence seemed to derive benefit from the change of climate ; but George , after he had been fourteen days in the island , was attacked with smallpox . He lay in some danger for three ...
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... arrival in London , he was consulted both by the Ministers and the Opposition ; and de- clared , with all the fervour of a shopkeeper against an attempted robbery , that the Americans would resist the imposition , passively and actively ...
... arrival in London , he was consulted both by the Ministers and the Opposition ; and de- clared , with all the fervour of a shopkeeper against an attempted robbery , that the Americans would resist the imposition , passively and actively ...
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... arriving in the mother - country , very greatly annoyed the British Ministry , and very greatly astonished the people . By one party , the Americans were accused not only of ingratitude , but of rebellion ; by the other , they were ...
... arriving in the mother - country , very greatly annoyed the British Ministry , and very greatly astonished the people . By one party , the Americans were accused not only of ingratitude , but of rebellion ; by the other , they were ...
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... from those of the Lords , were passed , and embodied in an address to the King . The Legislature of Virginia , of which Washington was a member , was in session when the news of these debates arrived ; and , making WASHINGTON . 45.
... from those of the Lords , were passed , and embodied in an address to the King . The Legislature of Virginia , of which Washington was a member , was in session when the news of these debates arrived ; and , making WASHINGTON . 45.
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A History and Biography Charles Mackay. the news of these debates arrived ; and , making common cause with Massachusetts , passed a series of resolutions in denial of the right of England to levy taxes upon the people of America ...
A History and Biography Charles Mackay. the news of these debates arrived ; and , making common cause with Massachusetts , passed a series of resolutions in denial of the right of England to levy taxes upon the people of America ...
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