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The Farmer Boy, and how He Became Commander-in-chief - Page 302
by Morrison Heady - 1864 - 321 pages
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The Edinburgh Magazine, Or, Literary Miscellany, Volume 5

Books and bookselling - 1787 - 512 pages
...accept this arduous employment, at the expence of -• my domeiric eafe and happinefs, fo I do not wilh to make any profit of it : I will keep an exact account of my expences Thefe, I doubt not, they will difcharge ; and that ii all I dcf.re." IREI, 1 N D. Sir John...
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Washington's Political Legacies: To which is Annexed an Appendix, Containing ...

George Washington - Presidents - 1800 - 232 pages
...no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expence of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expences. Those I doubt not they will discharge, and that...
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The History of the Discovery and Settlement: To the Present Time, of North ...

William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1804 - 432 pages
...assure the congress, that as no pecuniary consideration could h^ve tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and...
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The History of the Discovery and Settlement: To the Present Time, of North ...

William Fordyce Mavor - America - 1806 - 492 pages
...assure the congress, that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any pro6t from it. I will keep an exact account of my exr penses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge,...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 pages
...assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. These, I doubt not, they will discharge, and...
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The Life of George Washington: First President, and Commander in Chief of ...

John Corry - 1809 - 262 pages
...no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expence of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expences; those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and...
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History of the United States: From Their First Settlement as Colonies, to ...

William Grimshaw - United States - 1821 - 298 pages
...assure the congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this ardous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my disbursements : those, I doubt not, they will discharge,...
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A Complete History of the United States of America: Embracing the Whole ...

Frederick Butler - United States - 1821 - 472 pages
...no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expence of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expences. Those I doubt not they will discharge, and that...
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 21

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1822 - 580 pages
...assure the Congress, that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. These, I doubt not, they will discharge, and...
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