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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... feeling in his favour . 461 CHAPTER XVIII . 1793 . State of parties as to the French Revolution . The Proclamation of Neutrality - how viewed by the two parties - by Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Madison . Mr. Jefferson's letters to Mr. Madison ...
... feeling in his favour . 461 CHAPTER XVIII . 1793 . State of parties as to the French Revolution . The Proclamation of Neutrality - how viewed by the two parties - by Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Madison . Mr. Jefferson's letters to Mr. Madison ...
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... feeling , thus produced , variously manifested itself in the colonial laws . The whole public expenditure was de- frayed by a capitation tax , levied on all males bond or free above sixteen years of age , and all female slaves above the ...
... feeling , thus produced , variously manifested itself in the colonial laws . The whole public expenditure was de- frayed by a capitation tax , levied on all males bond or free above sixteen years of age , and all female slaves above the ...
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... feeling between Great Britain and her colonies ; but the attempt made by her in the following year , 1767 , to draw a revenue from them , in the less obvious form of an impost , small as that impost was , renewed the dispute , which ...
... feeling between Great Britain and her colonies ; but the attempt made by her in the following year , 1767 , to draw a revenue from them , in the less obvious form of an impost , small as that impost was , renewed the dispute , which ...
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... feelings of irritation were greatly soothed by Lord Botetourt's assurances that the ministry had no intention of proposing any further taxes on America , and that they meant to advise the repeal of the duties upon glass , paper , and ...
... feelings of irritation were greatly soothed by Lord Botetourt's assurances that the ministry had no intention of proposing any further taxes on America , and that they meant to advise the repeal of the duties upon glass , paper , and ...
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... feeling which pervaded them all , not only be unavailing to the British government , but prove a further bond of union to the colonies . Mr. Jefferson mentions in his memoirs , that the consulting members proposed to him to move these ...
... feeling which pervaded them all , not only be unavailing to the British government , but prove a further bond of union to the colonies . Mr. Jefferson mentions in his memoirs , that the consulting members proposed to him to move these ...
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