The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States: With Parts of His Correspondence Never Before Published, and Notices of His Opinions on Questions of Civil Government, National Policy, and Constitutional Law, Том 1C. Knight, 1837 - 4 страница |
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... Congress . Discriminating duties . Commer- cial retaliation proposed . Closed doors of the Senate . Naviga- tion of the Mississippi . Diplomatic intercourse with England . Mr. Jefferson's reports on a copper coinage - on weights and ...
... Congress . Discriminating duties . Commer- cial retaliation proposed . Closed doors of the Senate . Naviga- tion of the Mississippi . Diplomatic intercourse with England . Mr. Jefferson's reports on a copper coinage - on weights and ...
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... Congress on the foreign relations of the United States . Mr. Jeffer- son's report on commercial restrictions . His ... Congress . State of parties on this Question . A naval force provided . British Order in Council of the 5th of ...
... Congress on the foreign relations of the United States . Mr. Jeffer- son's report on commercial restrictions . His ... Congress . State of parties on this Question . A naval force provided . British Order in Council of the 5th of ...
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... Congress . The right of Congress to refuse appropriations for executing a treaty discussed . Considerations on this subject drawn from the character of the Federal Government . Letter to Mr. Giles . The duty to take sides between ...
... Congress . The right of Congress to refuse appropriations for executing a treaty discussed . Considerations on this subject drawn from the character of the Federal Government . Letter to Mr. Giles . The duty to take sides between ...
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... Congress , a professor in William and Mary College , and the Chancellor of Virginia . With this gentleman , who had a vigorous , but somewhat eccentric mind , and who united a Catonian severity of morals with unusual blandness of man ...
... Congress , a professor in William and Mary College , and the Chancellor of Virginia . With this gentleman , who had a vigorous , but somewhat eccentric mind , and who united a Catonian severity of morals with unusual blandness of man ...
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... Congress . First Convention in Virginia . His vindication . of the rights of America . Proceedings of the Convention - choose Deputies to a General Congress . Character of that Body . The Convention of Virginia assemble at Richmond ...
... Congress . First Convention in Virginia . His vindication . of the rights of America . Proceedings of the Convention - choose Deputies to a General Congress . Character of that Body . The Convention of Virginia assemble at Richmond ...
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