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Page 128
... communicate it to others ? Answer : Yes . " Among the earliest members of the Junta , were Brientnall , who has been already mentioned , Nich- olas Scull , afterwards surveyor general , who says Franklin " loved books and sometimes made ...
... communicate it to others ? Answer : Yes . " Among the earliest members of the Junta , were Brientnall , who has been already mentioned , Nich- olas Scull , afterwards surveyor general , who says Franklin " loved books and sometimes made ...
Page 201
... truly was to my father , whom he often mentions with praise . Thou mayst communicate my graunt to friends , and expect shortly my proposals : ' tis a clear and just thing , and my God that has given it me 2 C ORIGINAL LETters , & c . 201.
... truly was to my father , whom he often mentions with praise . Thou mayst communicate my graunt to friends , and expect shortly my proposals : ' tis a clear and just thing , and my God that has given it me 2 C ORIGINAL LETters , & c . 201.
Page 225
... communicate to Lord Powlet , but I cant yet get him to dispatch it . And you know we cannot be as pressing on men of their degree , as we might on those of our own rank , but I shall continue my solicitation in it as I can find ...
... communicate to Lord Powlet , but I cant yet get him to dispatch it . And you know we cannot be as pressing on men of their degree , as we might on those of our own rank , but I shall continue my solicitation in it as I can find ...
Page 231
... communication was read by the President upon the subject of the Valedictory Address of President Washington , - Whereupon , Resolved , That the communication of the Presi- dent be referred to a committee , with instructions to make such ...
... communication was read by the President upon the subject of the Valedictory Address of President Washington , - Whereupon , Resolved , That the communication of the Presi- dent be referred to a committee , with instructions to make such ...
Page 236
... communicate to you the contents of that letter . Permit me to add , that should any copies be taken , it is my desire that they may be copies of the whole , and not merely of parts of the letter . I have the honour to be , gentlemen , W ...
... communicate to you the contents of that letter . Permit me to add , that should any copies be taken , it is my desire that they may be copies of the whole , and not merely of parts of the letter . I have the honour to be , gentlemen , W ...
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Page 246 - In the discharge of this trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable. Not unconscious, in the outset, of the inferiority of my qualifications, experience, in my own eyes, perhaps still more in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself...
Page 108 - THOMAS (GABRIEL). An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America.
Page 101 - I thank God there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have, these hundred years, for learning has brought disobedience and heresies and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government. God keep us from both...
Page 165 - Castle town, unto the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, if the said river doth extend so far northward...
Page 419 - I have led the greatest colony into America that ever any man did upon a private credit; and the most prosperous beginnings that ever were in it, are to be found among us.
Page 203 - I have so obtained it and desire to keep it, that I may not be unworthy of his love ; but do that which may answer his kind providence and serve his Truth and people ; that an example may be set up to the nations. There may be room there, though not here, for such an holy experiment.
Page 125 - Junto do towards securing it? 17. Is there any man whose friendship you want, and which the Junto or any of them, can procure for you? 18. Have you lately heard any member's character attacked, and how have you defended it? 19. Hath any man injured you, from whom it is in the power of the Junto to procure redress? 20. In what manner can the Junto, or any of them, assist you in any of your honourable designs?
Page 201 - I purpose that which is extraordinary, and to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country...
Page 121 - Silence, ye wolves ! while Ralph to Cynthia howls And makes night hideous — Answer him, ye owls ! " Sense, speech, and measure, living tongues and dead, Let all give way, and Morris may be read.
Page 166 - The said land to extend westward five degrees in longitude, to be computed from the said eastern bounds, and the said lands to be bounded on the north by the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, and on the south by a circle drawn at twelve miles distance from New Castle, northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.