The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Comp. Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ...J. Crissy, 1832 |
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... commerce . This was strongly urged as a motive for immediately commencing the work . But the rivers of the Atlantic constituted only a part of the great plan he contemplated . He suggested the appointment of commissioners of integrity ...
... commerce . This was strongly urged as a motive for immediately commencing the work . But the rivers of the Atlantic constituted only a part of the great plan he contemplated . He suggested the appointment of commissioners of integrity ...
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... commerce , and be a convenience to our citizens . " At length he determined , in the same letter which should convey his resolution not to retain the shares for his private emolument , to signify his willingness to hold them in trust ...
... commerce , and be a convenience to our citizens . " At length he determined , in the same letter which should convey his resolution not to retain the shares for his private emolument , to signify his willingness to hold them in trust ...
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... commerce , and the difficulty which would be found in diverting it from the channel it had once taken . " I am not , " he added , " for discouraging the exertions of any state to draw the commerce of the western country to its sea ...
... commerce , and the difficulty which would be found in diverting it from the channel it had once taken . " I am not , " he added , " for discouraging the exertions of any state to draw the commerce of the western country to its sea ...
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... commerce , and be a convenience to our citizens . " At length he determined , in the same letter which should convey his resolution not to retain the shares for his private emolument , to signify his willingness to hold them in trust ...
... commerce , and be a convenience to our citizens . " At length he determined , in the same letter which should convey his resolution not to retain the shares for his private emolument , to signify his willingness to hold them in trust ...
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... are laid open for our use ; and their collected wisdom may be happily employed in the establishment of our forms of government . The free cultivation VOL . II . 6 of letters ; the unbounded extension of commerce ; the GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... are laid open for our use ; and their collected wisdom may be happily employed in the establishment of our forms of government . The free cultivation VOL . II . 6 of letters ; the unbounded extension of commerce ; the GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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