The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts, Volum 9Ferdinand Andrews, 1839 |
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... hope to I hope to spend the remainder VOL . IX . 1 A of my days in cultivating the affections of good men PRIVATE LETTERS ...
... hope to I hope to spend the remainder VOL . IX . 1 A of my days in cultivating the affections of good men PRIVATE LETTERS ...
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... hope and believe , that the good sense of the people will ultimately get the better of their prejudices ; and that order and sound policy , though they do not come so often as one would wish , will be produced from the present unsettled ...
... hope and believe , that the good sense of the people will ultimately get the better of their prejudices ; and that order and sound policy , though they do not come so often as one would wish , will be produced from the present unsettled ...
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... hope , that , by means of this clamor , they may be able to rid themselves of the whole public debt , by introducing so much confusion into public meas- ures , as shall eventually produce a general abolition of the whole . " MS . Letter ...
... hope , that , by means of this clamor , they may be able to rid themselves of the whole public debt , by introducing so much confusion into public meas- ures , as shall eventually produce a general abolition of the whole . " MS . Letter ...
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... hope , to add with what pleasure I should see you at this place , being , dear Sir , & c . SIR , TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS . Mount Vernon , 14 January , 1784 . I have had the pleasure to receive your letter of the 28th ultimo by Mr ...
... hope , to add with what pleasure I should see you at this place , being , dear Sir , & c . SIR , TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS . Mount Vernon , 14 January , 1784 . I have had the pleasure to receive your letter of the 28th ultimo by Mr ...
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... hope never again to be withdrawn . While I am here , solacing myself in my retreat from the busy scenes of life , I am not only made extremely happy by the gratitude of my countrymen in general , but particularly so by the repeated ...
... hope never again to be withdrawn . While I am here , solacing myself in my retreat from the busy scenes of life , I am not only made extremely happy by the gratitude of my countrymen in general , but particularly so by the repeated ...
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Side 247 - Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Side 503 - ... water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace, appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Side 503 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces, in the service of the United States, shall be divided or appropriated...
Side 503 - Entering into treaties and alliances ; provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made, whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as...
Side 18 - I have not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk, and tread the paths of private life, with a heartfelt satisfaction.
Side 2 - The scene is at last closed. I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues.
Side 489 - ... life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of difficulties, without that competency of political skill, abilities, and inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage; but what returns will be made for them, Heaven alone can foretell. Integrity and firmness are all I can promise. These, be the voyage long or short, shall never forsake me, although I may be...
Side 138 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Side 159 - I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery, in this country, may be abolished by law.
Side 22 - ... strange as it may seem, it is nevertheless true, that it was not till lately I could get the better of my usual custom of ruminating, as soon as I waked in the morning, on the business of the ensuing day ; and of my surprise at finding, after revolving many things in my mind, that I was no longer a public man, nor had any thing to do with public transactions.