The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799: Prepared Under the Direction of the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission and Published by Authority of Congress, Band 37U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931 |
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... Virginia MILLARD E. TYDINGS Maryland WILLIS C. HAWLEY Oregon JOHN Q. TILSON Connecticut JOSEPH W. BYRNS Tennessee R. WALTON MOORE Virginia Presidential Commissioners MRS . ANTHONY WAYNE COOK Pennsylvania C. BASCOM SLEMP MRS . JOHN ...
... Virginia MILLARD E. TYDINGS Maryland WILLIS C. HAWLEY Oregon JOHN Q. TILSON Connecticut JOSEPH W. BYRNS Tennessee R. WALTON MOORE Virginia Presidential Commissioners MRS . ANTHONY WAYNE COOK Pennsylvania C. BASCOM SLEMP MRS . JOHN ...
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... Virginia MILLARD E. TYDINGS Maryland WILLIS C. HAWLEY Oregon JOHN Q. TILSON Connecticut JOSEPH W. BYRNS * Tennessee R. WALTON MOORE Virginia Presidential Commissioners MRS . ANTHONY WAYNE COOK Pennsylvania C. BASCOM SLEMP MRS . JOHN ...
... Virginia MILLARD E. TYDINGS Maryland WILLIS C. HAWLEY Oregon JOHN Q. TILSON Connecticut JOSEPH W. BYRNS * Tennessee R. WALTON MOORE Virginia Presidential Commissioners MRS . ANTHONY WAYNE COOK Pennsylvania C. BASCOM SLEMP MRS . JOHN ...
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... Virginia has taken the lead in fac- tional opposition - Election of opposition candidates - Attributed to the backwardness of leading characters - Necessary to counteract this factional opposition to the Government - It is vain to look ...
... Virginia has taken the lead in fac- tional opposition - Election of opposition candidates - Attributed to the backwardness of leading characters - Necessary to counteract this factional opposition to the Government - It is vain to look ...
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... Virginia Legislature . 109 To the Secretary of War , January 27 . Uniform for the Commander in Chief - Details . To James McAlpin , January 27 . His uniform - Color , etc. To the Secretary of War , January 28 III 113 Pains taken to ...
... Virginia Legislature . 109 To the Secretary of War , January 27 . Uniform for the Commander in Chief - Details . To James McAlpin , January 27 . His uniform - Color , etc. To the Secretary of War , January 28 III 113 Pains taken to ...
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... , and William Heth , May 12 205 Asks their aid in the selection of Virginia officers - Division of the State into districts . To James McAlpin , May 12 206 His uniform . To the Secretary of War , May 13 Has solicited.
... , and William Heth , May 12 205 Asks their aid in the selection of Virginia officers - Division of the State into districts . To James McAlpin , May 12 206 His uniform . To the Secretary of War , May 13 Has solicited.
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Seite 283 - ... where no record can be produced, whereby their *ages can be ascertained, the judgment of the court, upon its own view of the subject, shall be adequate and final. The negroes thus bound, are (by their masters...
Seite 286 - ... Sciences, in acquiring knowledge in the principles of Politics and good Government; and (as a matter of infinite Importance in my judgment) by associating with each other, and forming friendships in Juvenile years, be enabled to free themselves in a proper degree from those local prejudices and...
Seite 293 - I give each one hundred dollars, in consideration of the attachment of their fathers to me ; each of whom having lived nearly forty years in my family. To each of my nephews, William Augustine Washington, George Lewis, George Steptoe Washington, Bushrod Washington, and Samuel Washington, I give one of the swords or couteaux, of which I may die possessed ; and they are to choose in the order they are named.
Seite 286 - ... for these reasons it has been my ardent wish to see a plan devised, on a liberal scale, which would have a tendency to spread systematic ideas through all parts of this rising empire, thereby to do away local attachments and State prejudices, as far as the nature of things would, or indeed ought to admit, from our national councils.
Seite 290 - Washington, I give and bequeath all the papers in my possession, which relate to my civil and military administration of the affairs of this country. I leave to him also such of my private papers as are worth preserving; and at the decease of my wife, and before, if she is not inclined to retain them, I give and bequeath my library of books and pamphlets of every kind.
Seite 287 - ... whenever the dividends are made, be laid out in purchasing stock in the Bank of Columbia, or some other bank, at the discretion of my executors, or by the Treasurer of the United States for the time being, under the direction of Congress, provided that honorable body should patronize the measure...
Seite 299 - The family vault at Mount Vernon requiring repairs, and being improperly situated besides, I desire that a new one of brick, and upon a larger scale, may be built at the foot of what is commonly called the Vineyard Enclosure...
Seite 293 - Hannah Washington, and Mildred Washington, to my friends, Eleanor Stuart, Hannah Washington, of Fairfield, and Elizabeth Washington, of Hayfield, I give each a mourning ring, of the value of one hundred dollars. These bequests are not made for the intrinsic value of them, but as mementoes of my esteem and regard.
Seite 97 - Vain will it be to look for peace and happiness, or for the security of liberty or property, if civil discord should ensue. And what else can result from the policy of those among us, who, by all the measures in their power, are driving matters to extremity, if they cannot be counteracted effectually?
Seite 294 - These swords are accompanied with an injunction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self-defence or in defence of their country and its rights; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling with them in their hands to the relinquishment thereof.