Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Volum 7R. W. Pomeroy, 1827 |
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... between Virginia and North Carolina , an office which would seem to indicate at once considerable scientific knowledge , and that integrity , firmness and discernment , which are so peculiarly ne- cessary JEFFERSON . 11.
... between Virginia and North Carolina , an office which would seem to indicate at once considerable scientific knowledge , and that integrity , firmness and discernment , which are so peculiarly ne- cessary JEFFERSON . 11.
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... considerable reputation , and there still exists a monument of his early labour and useful talents , in a volume of Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Supreme Courts of Virginia , which he compiled and digested , amid the engagements of ...
... considerable reputation , and there still exists a monument of his early labour and useful talents , in a volume of Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Supreme Courts of Virginia , which he compiled and digested , amid the engagements of ...
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... considerable part . In July , the resolution of the house of commons for conciliating the colonies , which had been presented to the different legislatures , and to which , as we have al- ready related , Mr. Jefferson had framed the ...
... considerable part . In July , the resolution of the house of commons for conciliating the colonies , which had been presented to the different legislatures , and to which , as we have al- ready related , Mr. Jefferson had framed the ...
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... considerable omissions had been made in the draught , as it was first framed by the committee . The declaration in its original form , compared with that which was subsequently given to the world , is a document of such interest , and ...
... considerable omissions had been made in the draught , as it was first framed by the committee . The declaration in its original form , compared with that which was subsequently given to the world , is a document of such interest , and ...
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... considerable detachments of the militia were sent to the south , and a number of horses , essentially necessary , were suddenly obtained by an expedient of Mr. Jeffer- son's . Instead of using a mercenary agency , he wrote to an ...
... considerable detachments of the militia were sent to the south , and a number of horses , essentially necessary , were suddenly obtained by an expedient of Mr. Jeffer- son's . Instead of using a mercenary agency , he wrote to an ...
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Side 102 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens, a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Side 103 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Side 104 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Side 35 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
Side 103 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Side 33 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Side 309 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
Side 28 - But when a long train of abuses and usurpations [begun at a distinguished period and] pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
Side 306 - Whereas, since the close of the last war, the British parliament, claiming a power, of right, to bind the people of America by statutes in all cases whatsoever, hath, in some acts, expressly imposed taxes on them, and in others, under various pretences, but in fact for the purpose of raising a revenue, hath imposed rates and duties payable in these colonies...