The Life and Times of Alexander HamiltonL. P. Crown & Company, 1857 - 408 Seiten |
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... primeval times , to resist undismayed the vengeance of the despoiled and enraged children of the forest . In 1754 the first conflict with an external and civilized foe took place . Then the old French war 2 * OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON . 17.
... primeval times , to resist undismayed the vengeance of the despoiled and enraged children of the forest . In 1754 the first conflict with an external and civilized foe took place . Then the old French war 2 * OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON . 17.
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... took place at Fort Du Quesne , and during three succeeding campaigns the French con- tinued to triumph . On the accession of William Pitt to the British ministry in 1756 , the tide of conquest was turned , the French were repeatedly ...
... took place at Fort Du Quesne , and during three succeeding campaigns the French con- tinued to triumph . On the accession of William Pitt to the British ministry in 1756 , the tide of conquest was turned , the French were repeatedly ...
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... took military possession of Boston , and fortified it . At this crisis all the colonies , then thirteen in number , determined to summon a Con- tinental Congress , for the purpose of deliberating on the existing state of their affairs ...
... took military possession of Boston , and fortified it . At this crisis all the colonies , then thirteen in number , determined to summon a Con- tinental Congress , for the purpose of deliberating on the existing state of their affairs ...
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... took his place prominently among American orators and patriots ; and his great political and na- tional career may be said to have commenced before he left the quiet and contemplative shades of the academy . The circumstances of the ...
... took his place prominently among American orators and patriots ; and his great political and na- tional career may be said to have commenced before he left the quiet and contemplative shades of the academy . The circumstances of the ...
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... took the first step of retaliation , and , as we have said , closed the port of Boston - an act of the most ruinous tyranny . A resolution being formed to summon a general Continental Congress , to take into consideration the existing ...
... took the first step of retaliation , and , as we have said , closed the port of Boston - an act of the most ruinous tyranny . A resolution being formed to summon a general Continental Congress , to take into consideration the existing ...
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