The Writings of George Washington: pt.III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789. 1835American stationers' Company; J. B. Russell, 1835 |
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... conceive a wearied trav- eller must do , who , after treading many a painful step with a heavy burthen on his shoulders , is eased of the latter , having reached the haven to which all the for- mer were directed ; and from his house ...
... conceive a wearied trav- eller must do , who , after treading many a painful step with a heavy burthen on his shoulders , is eased of the latter , having reached the haven to which all the for- mer were directed ; and from his house ...
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... conceive it to be respectful to the sovereign power to let them take the lead in this business ; and next , because I have , upon this principle , refused Dr. Gordon and oth- ers , who are about to write the history of the revo- lution ...
... conceive it to be respectful to the sovereign power to let them take the lead in this business ; and next , because I have , upon this principle , refused Dr. Gordon and oth- ers , who are about to write the history of the revo- lution ...
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... conceive ( from the emigration of foreigners , who will have no particular predilection towards us , as well as from the removal of our own citizens ) , will be the con- sequence of their having formed close connexions with both or ...
... conceive ( from the emigration of foreigners , who will have no particular predilection towards us , as well as from the removal of our own citizens ) , will be the con- sequence of their having formed close connexions with both or ...
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... conceive the season is proper , and an opportunity offers , I shall hope to receive the balsam trees , or any others which you may think curious and exotic with us , as I am endeavouring to improve the grounds about my house in this way ...
... conceive the season is proper , and an opportunity offers , I shall hope to receive the balsam trees , or any others which you may think curious and exotic with us , as I am endeavouring to improve the grounds about my house in this way ...
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... conceive , be made subservient to valuable political purposes , I take the liberty of laying the matter before you for your free and candid sentiments thereon . The communication I make of this matter to you , Sir , is in a private way ...
... conceive , be made subservient to valuable political purposes , I take the liberty of laying the matter before you for your free and candid sentiments thereon . The communication I make of this matter to you , Sir , is in a private way ...
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501 psl. - ... 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.
501 psl. - ... 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...
245 psl. - 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.
501 psl. - 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...
18 psl. - 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.
136 psl. - 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.
219 psl. - What, gracious God, is man! that there should be such inconsistency and perfidiousness in his conduct. It is but the other day that we were shedding our blood to obtain the constitutions under which we now live — constitutions of our own choice and making — and now, we are unsheathing the sword to overturn them. The thing is so unaccountable, that I hardly know how to realize it; or to persuade myself that I am not under the illusion of a dream.
157 psl. - 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.
344 psl. - So your day has at length come. I am glad of it with all my heart and soul. It is quite good enough for you. Now you are well served for coming to fight in favor of the American rebels, all the way across the Atlantic ocean, by catching that -terrible contagion, domestic felicity, which, like the small-pox or the plague, a man can have only once in his life...
541 psl. - September, did resolve unanimously that the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case...