 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1881 - 90 pages
...touchingly to John Adams, on receiving him as the first American Minister at the Court of St. James, " I have done nothing in the late contest but what I...indispensably bound to do by the duty which I owed my people " 1 We are here to revive no animosities resulting from the War of the Revolution, or from... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1882 - 556 pages
...kindred blood." The king answered with more tremor than the bold republican had shown: " I wish it understood in America that I have done nothing in...people. I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation; but, the separation having been made, I have always said, as I say now,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1882 - 1040 pages
...touchingly to John Adams, on receiving him as the first American Minister at the Court of St. J'ames, " I have done nothing in the late contest but what I...indispensably bound to do by the duty which I owed my people " ? We are here to revive no animosities resulting from the War of the Revolution, or from... | |
 | James Parton - 1883 - 860 pages
...that I am very glad the choice has fallen upon you to be their minister. I wish you, sir, to believe, and that it may be understood in America, that I have...I will be very frank with you. ' I was the last to consent to the separation ; but the separutkm having been made, and having become inevitable, I have... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1883 - 756 pages
...States, but I am glad the choice has fallen upon you to be their minister. I wish you, sir, to believe, that it may be understood in America, that I have...indispensably bound to do, by the duty which I owed my people. I will be frank with you. I was the last to conform to the separation ; but the separation... | |
 | United States. Yorktown Centennial Commission - 1883 - 180 pages
...touchingly to John Adams, on receiving him as the first American Minister at the Court of St. James, "I have done nothing in the late contest but what...indispensably bound to do by the duty which I owed my people"? We are here to revive no animosities resulting from the War of the Eevolution, or from... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1883 - 850 pages
...touchingly to John Adams, on receiving him as the first American Minister at the Court of St. James, "I have done nothing in the late contest but what...indispensably bound to do by the duty which I owed my people"? We are here torevive no animosities resulting from the War of the Revolution, or from any... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1884 - 610 pages
...kindred blood." The king answered with more tremor than the bold republican had shown: " I wish it understood in America that I have done nothing in...people. I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation; but, the separation having been made, I have always said, as I say now,... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1885 - 616 pages
...kindred blood." The king answered with more tremor than the bold republican had shown : " I wish it understood in America that I have done nothing in...people. I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation ; but, the separation having been made, I have always said, as I say now,... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1886 - 656 pages
...touchingly to John Adams, on receiving him as the first American Minister at the Court of St. James, " I have done nothing in the late contest but what I...indispensably bound to do by the duty which I owed my people"? We are here to revive no animosities resulting from the War of the Revolution, or from... | |
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I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation ; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as... 
