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... Boston harbor , and then from across the water came intelligence of the passage of the Port Bill and other measures destined to crush to earth the little rebel town . When the Virginia assembly met again , they proceeded to congratulate ...
... Boston harbor , and then from across the water came intelligence of the passage of the Port Bill and other measures destined to crush to earth the little rebel town . When the Virginia assembly met again , they proceeded to congratulate ...
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... Boston bill was denounced , non - importation renewed , and the committee of correspondence instructed to take steps for calling a general congress . Events were beginning to move at last with perilous rapidity . Washington dined with ...
... Boston bill was denounced , non - importation renewed , and the committee of correspondence instructed to take steps for calling a general congress . Events were beginning to move at last with perilous rapidity . Washington dined with ...
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... Boston , before restitution of the loss to the India Company was demanded , a plain and self- evident proof of what they are aiming at ? Do not the subsequent bills ( now I dare say acts ) for depriving the Massachusetts Bay of its ...
... Boston , before restitution of the loss to the India Company was demanded , a plain and self- evident proof of what they are aiming at ? Do not the subsequent bills ( now I dare say acts ) for depriving the Massachusetts Bay of its ...
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... Boston . " He was capable , it would seem , of talking to the purpose with some fire and force , for all he was so quiet and so retiring . When there was anything to say , he could say it so that it stirred all who listened , because ...
... Boston . " He was capable , it would seem , of talking to the purpose with some fire and force , for all he was so quiet and so retiring . When there was anything to say , he could say it so that it stirred all who listened , because ...
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... Boston , and an old friend . " Permit me , " he began , " with the freedom of a friend ( for you know I always esteemed you ) , to express my sor- row that fortune should place you in a service that must fix curses to the latest ...
... Boston , and an old friend . " Permit me , " he began , " with the freedom of a friend ( for you know I always esteemed you ) , to express my sor- row that fortune should place you in a service that must fix curses to the latest ...
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