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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... opinion on the question . Assumption of state debts . Mr. Jefferson's impressions of the arguments urged for and against the assumption . The proposition rejected . Mr. Jefferson joins in affecting a compromise . Merits of the question ...
... opinion on the question . Assumption of state debts . Mr. Jefferson's impressions of the arguments urged for and against the assumption . The proposition rejected . Mr. Jefferson joins in affecting a compromise . Merits of the question ...
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... opinion of the Convention on the measure . Whereupon , that body passed a resolution that " the proceedings of these com- panies , though they arose from the best motives , could not be approved , " and that they be required to desist ...
... opinion of the Convention on the measure . Whereupon , that body passed a resolution that " the proceedings of these com- panies , though they arose from the best motives , could not be approved , " and that they be required to desist ...
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... opinion , so as to influence the testamentary disposition of it by the proprietors , without which last effect the purpose of the Legislature might have been readily defeated . The cases are now very rare , in which a parent makes , by ...
... opinion , so as to influence the testamentary disposition of it by the proprietors , without which last effect the purpose of the Legislature might have been readily defeated . The cases are now very rare , in which a parent makes , by ...
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... opinion was not to be resisted . The measure was abandoned , and Mr. Jefferson's bill , with some slight alterations , was then passed , without difficulty . To conclude this history of religious establishments in Virginia : the law ...
... opinion was not to be resisted . The measure was abandoned , and Mr. Jefferson's bill , with some slight alterations , was then passed , without difficulty . To conclude this history of religious establishments in Virginia : the law ...
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... Richmond . But this measure , like the preceding , was in advance of public opinion , and did not prevail until three years afterwards . 109 CHAPTER V. Mr. Jefferson proposes a general revision of 108 THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON .
... Richmond . But this measure , like the preceding , was in advance of public opinion , and did not prevail until three years afterwards . 109 CHAPTER V. Mr. Jefferson proposes a general revision of 108 THE LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON .
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