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... Thomas ' Church of Alexandria , Hunterdon County , New Jer- sey . By Henry Race , A.M. , M.D. Engagements at Trenton and Princeton , January 2 and 3 , 1777 An Englishman's Opinion of the Bostonians in 1774 The Attitude of the Quakers in ...
... Thomas ' Church of Alexandria , Hunterdon County , New Jer- sey . By Henry Race , A.M. , M.D. Engagements at Trenton and Princeton , January 2 and 3 , 1777 An Englishman's Opinion of the Bostonians in 1774 The Attitude of the Quakers in ...
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... Thomas Wynne , " sometime of Caerwys , Flintshire , South Wales , chirurgeon , " who , an eminent and VOL . X. - 1 ( 1 ) successful physician both at his home and in London , Colonel Lambert Cadwalader A Sketch By William Henry A , LL.
... Thomas Wynne , " sometime of Caerwys , Flintshire , South Wales , chirurgeon , " who , an eminent and VOL . X. - 1 ( 1 ) successful physician both at his home and in London , Colonel Lambert Cadwalader A Sketch By William Henry A , LL.
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... Thomas Lam- bert , " late of the county of Burlington , in the western divis- ion of New Jersey , deceased , " and the names of Andrew Hamilton , John Dagworthy , Thomas Hopkinson , Owen Jones , and a score of others are found upon the ...
... Thomas Lam- bert , " late of the county of Burlington , in the western divis- ion of New Jersey , deceased , " and the names of Andrew Hamilton , John Dagworthy , Thomas Hopkinson , Owen Jones , and a score of others are found upon the ...
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... Thomas Cadwalader , -who through a long and singularly happy life equally enjoyed the friendship , respect , and af- fection of all around him , and in the fulness of time , surrounded by " that which should accompany old age , as honor ...
... Thomas Cadwalader , -who through a long and singularly happy life equally enjoyed the friendship , respect , and af- fection of all around him , and in the fulness of time , surrounded by " that which should accompany old age , as honor ...
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... Thomas Carlyle , " this noble art is like an infinitely intensated organ of Speech , whereby the Voice of a small transitory man may reach not only through all earthly Space , but through all earthly Time . " Or , more briefly , the art ...
... Thomas Carlyle , " this noble art is like an infinitely intensated organ of Speech , whereby the Voice of a small transitory man may reach not only through all earthly Space , but through all earthly Time . " Or , more briefly , the art ...
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