Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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Page 78
... proposed and agreed to , the House of Representatives , on the 17th of June 1774 , elected JAMES BOWDOIN , THOMAS CUSHING , SAMUEL ADAMS , JOHN ADAMS , and ROBERT TREAT PAINE , delegates from Massachusetts . This appointment was made at ...
... proposed and agreed to , the House of Representatives , on the 17th of June 1774 , elected JAMES BOWDOIN , THOMAS CUSHING , SAMUEL ADAMS , JOHN ADAMS , and ROBERT TREAT PAINE , delegates from Massachusetts . This appointment was made at ...
Page 80
... for independence , but to state those which governed the Congress . For great and sufficient causes , it was proposed to de- clare independence ; and the proper business of the paper to be drawn , was to set forth those causes , and 80.
... for independence , but to state those which governed the Congress . For great and sufficient causes , it was proposed to de- clare independence ; and the proper business of the paper to be drawn , was to set forth those causes , and 80.
Page 88
... proposed ; a man of the deepest sagacity , the clearest fore- sight , and the profoundest judgment in men . And there is GERRY , himself among the earliest and the foremost of the patriots , found , when the battle of Lexington summoned ...
... proposed ; a man of the deepest sagacity , the clearest fore- sight , and the profoundest judgment in men . And there is GERRY , himself among the earliest and the foremost of the patriots , found , when the battle of Lexington summoned ...
Page 102
... proposed to them from the Chair , requires from me a most respectful acknowledgement , and a few words of honest and sincere thanks . I should , indeed , be lost to all just feeling , or guil- ty of a weak and peurile affectation , if I ...
... proposed to them from the Chair , requires from me a most respectful acknowledgement , and a few words of honest and sincere thanks . I should , indeed , be lost to all just feeling , or guil- ty of a weak and peurile affectation , if I ...
Page 111
... proposed , had given the preference to this province , and these offers ; that Dr. Wheelock therefore represented the necessity of a legal incorporation , and proposed that certain gentlemen in America , whom he had already named and ...
... proposed , had given the preference to this province , and these offers ; that Dr. Wheelock therefore represented the necessity of a legal incorporation , and proposed that certain gentlemen in America , whom he had already named and ...
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