The Voter's Text Book: Comprising a Collection of the Most Important Documents and Statistics Connected with the Political History of America, Compiled from Official Records, with Biographical and Historical Sketches |
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... Congress for the purpose of discussing certain grievances imputed against the mother country . This Congress resolved , on the next day , that each colony should have one vote only . On Tuesday , the 2d July , 1776 , the Congress ...
... Congress for the purpose of discussing certain grievances imputed against the mother country . This Congress resolved , on the next day , that each colony should have one vote only . On Tuesday , the 2d July , 1776 , the Congress ...
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... CONGRESS , TUESDAY , JULY 4 , 1776 . Agreeably to the order of the day , the Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole , to take into their fur- ther consideration the Declaration ; and , after some time , the President ...
... CONGRESS , TUESDAY , JULY 4 , 1776 . Agreeably to the order of the day , the Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole , to take into their fur- ther consideration the Declaration ; and , after some time , the President ...
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... CONGRESS assembled , appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the rectitude of our intentions , do , in the name , and by the authority of the good people of these colonies , solemnly publish and declare , That these United ...
... CONGRESS assembled , appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the rectitude of our intentions , do , in the name , and by the authority of the good people of these colonies , solemnly publish and declare , That these United ...
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... Congress assembled , did , on the 15th day of November , in the year of our Lord , 1777 , and in the Second Year of the Independence of America , agree to certain Articles of Con- federation and Perpetual Union between the States of New ...
... Congress assembled , did , on the 15th day of November , in the year of our Lord , 1777 , and in the Second Year of the Independence of America , agree to certain Articles of Con- federation and Perpetual Union between the States of New ...
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... Congress on the first Monday in November , in every year , with a power reserved to each State , to recall its Delegates , or any of them , at any time within the year , and to send others in their stead , for the remainder of the year ...
... Congress on the first Monday in November , in every year , with a power reserved to each State , to recall its Delegates , or any of them , at any time within the year , and to send others in their stead , for the remainder of the year ...
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