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... standing committee on archaeology be annually appointed by the directors of the State Historical Society . We advise that this committee take appropriate steps in the name of the Society , following in the main the plan of the Ohio ...
... standing committee on archaeology be annually appointed by the directors of the State Historical Society . We advise that this committee take appropriate steps in the name of the Society , following in the main the plan of the Ohio ...
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... stand from all pecuniary evils , redemmed , regenerated and disenthralled . " Sloo's legislative experience during the following winter may be judged from a letter he writes to his brother - in - law Torrence.3 In it he says : " We have ...
... stand from all pecuniary evils , redemmed , regenerated and disenthralled . " Sloo's legislative experience during the following winter may be judged from a letter he writes to his brother - in - law Torrence.3 In it he says : " We have ...
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... stand ready to endorse the list . Among the many recorded I always find yours and Mrs. Sloo's standing in bold relief ; around these names , the lines , obligatory of favor , of kindness and of hospitality , appear to thicken at each ...
... stand ready to endorse the list . Among the many recorded I always find yours and Mrs. Sloo's standing in bold relief ; around these names , the lines , obligatory of favor , of kindness and of hospitality , appear to thicken at each ...
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... stand and will never leave it . But I must be pardoned if I should set about expelling some men from the camp . We have amongst us some cun- ' ning men , some men that are too wise they must be put out ; and for the future I am ...
... stand and will never leave it . But I must be pardoned if I should set about expelling some men from the camp . We have amongst us some cun- ' ning men , some men that are too wise they must be put out ; and for the future I am ...
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... stands best , but his prospects are very doubtful , his habitual neglect of the interests of those who have supported him most warmly , is attributed to want of gratitude , or to a selfish policy , and a great many predict that his ...
... stands best , but his prospects are very doubtful , his habitual neglect of the interests of those who have supported him most warmly , is attributed to want of gratitude , or to a selfish policy , and a great many predict that his ...
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