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... vote for President ? 6 . REVIEW . - 1 . Write a list of the intercolonial wars , with name of treaty opposite each . 2. Give the history of the witchcraft delusion . 3. Sketch the course of French discov- eries and settlements in the ...
... vote for President ? 6 . REVIEW . - 1 . Write a list of the intercolonial wars , with name of treaty opposite each . 2. Give the history of the witchcraft delusion . 3. Sketch the course of French discov- eries and settlements in the ...
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... votes in 1796 ; was defeated in 1800 by Jefferson and Burr , who tied in the electoral college ; re- tired from Washington without witnessing the inaugural of his successor , owing to some misunderstanding in the political debates of ...
... votes in 1796 ; was defeated in 1800 by Jefferson and Burr , who tied in the electoral college ; re- tired from Washington without witnessing the inaugural of his successor , owing to some misunderstanding in the political debates of ...
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... vote of becoming president afterward slept on the floor of a common jail at Richmond ? 204. What president wrote his own epitaph ? Repeat it . 205. What was the paper called upon which Jefferson wrote 90 UNITED STATES HISTORY .
... vote of becoming president afterward slept on the floor of a common jail at Richmond ? 204. What president wrote his own epitaph ? Repeat it . 205. What was the paper called upon which Jefferson wrote 90 UNITED STATES HISTORY .
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... vote , was duly declared elected vice - president and was sworn into office March 4 , 1797 ; was elected president in 1801 , although the electoral vote had tied himself and Aaron Burr ; the house of representatives decided in his favor ...
... vote , was duly declared elected vice - president and was sworn into office March 4 , 1797 ; was elected president in 1801 , although the electoral vote had tied himself and Aaron Burr ; the house of representatives decided in his favor ...
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... voted to the Alamo . 3. Apply the " Set Questions " to this administration . QUEER QUERIES , 241. Who was Old Hickory ? 242. How did Santa Anna select every tenth man out of his one hundred and seventy - eight prisoners for the purpose ...
... voted to the Alamo . 3. Apply the " Set Questions " to this administration . QUEER QUERIES , 241. Who was Old Hickory ? 242. How did Santa Anna select every tenth man out of his one hundred and seventy - eight prisoners for the purpose ...
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Page 219 - ... round us As seamen know the sea; We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear; When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...
Page 229 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Page 291 - That a district of territory, not exceeding ten miles square, to be located, as hereafter directed, on the River Potomac, at some place between the mouths of the Eastern Branch and Connogocheague, be, and the same is hereby, accepted for the permanent seat of government of the United States...
Page 290 - And we declare with words of soberness, that an angel of God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates, and the engravings thereon...
Page 73 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 205 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Page 258 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Page 220 - Well knows the fair and friendly moon The band that Marion leads — The glitter of their rifles, The scampering of their steeds. 'Tis life to guide the fiery barb Across the moonlight plain ; 'Tis life to feel the night-wind That lifts his tossing mane.
Page 262 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
Page 258 - The essential and direct end of the present defensive alliance is to maintain effectually the liberty, sovereignty, and independence absolute and unlimited, of the said United 'States, as well in matters of government as of commerce.