The Emerging Nation: A Documentary History of the Foreign Relations of the United States Under the Articles of Confederation, 1780-1789National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 1996 |
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... assure their happiness , but perhaps they will have need of some hard lessons to establish this inclination as habitual , and I greatly fear that the seeds of division now existing may produce much evil before the Republic acquires ...
... assure their happiness , but perhaps they will have need of some hard lessons to establish this inclination as habitual , and I greatly fear that the seeds of division now existing may produce much evil before the Republic acquires ...
Page 76
... assure the Count de Vergennes he may be certain no Demand will be made on him beyond the Sums already granted . I have the Honor to be le chr de la luzerne NA : PCC , item 137 , v . 2 , pp . 232-233 ( translation ) ; M247 , reel 149 ...
... assure the Count de Vergennes he may be certain no Demand will be made on him beyond the Sums already granted . I have the Honor to be le chr de la luzerne NA : PCC , item 137 , v . 2 , pp . 232-233 ( translation ) ; M247 , reel 149 ...
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... assure you upon my private honour that with respect to the withdrawing of the troops you may safely give every assurance that man can give & I will support you to any extent , but I own the 2d & third articles seem unnecessary & the ...
... assure you upon my private honour that with respect to the withdrawing of the troops you may safely give every assurance that man can give & I will support you to any extent , but I own the 2d & third articles seem unnecessary & the ...
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... assure you on my own part that I am not conscious either of having misunderstood , or of having been inattentive to my instructions , in transmitting a proposition to you , wch has appeared to you as an insuperable obstacle to any ...
... assure you on my own part that I am not conscious either of having misunderstood , or of having been inattentive to my instructions , in transmitting a proposition to you , wch has appeared to you as an insuperable obstacle to any ...
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... assure you that this matter requires very delicate treatment . The instructions , under which the American Ministers act , confine them ultimately to the strictest line of reciprocity , and the principle of equal reciprocity alone is ...
... assure you that this matter requires very delicate treatment . The instructions , under which the American Ministers act , confine them ultimately to the strictest line of reciprocity , and the principle of equal reciprocity alone is ...
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