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... frigate Confederacy , which had been ordered to France , to carry home the French minister , Mr. Gerard ; but on the 7th of November , the ship was dismasted in a storm , and with difficulty reached Martinico on the 18th of December ...
... frigate Confederacy , which had been ordered to France , to carry home the French minister , Mr. Gerard ; but on the 7th of November , the ship was dismasted in a storm , and with difficulty reached Martinico on the 18th of December ...
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... gun ship , and two frigates were actively cruising in the capes of the Delaware , he successfully per- formed the duty assigned to him . He captured some of the enemy's 1 small cruisers , and compelled the rest to keep in.
... gun ship , and two frigates were actively cruising in the capes of the Delaware , he successfully per- formed the duty assigned to him . He captured some of the enemy's 1 small cruisers , and compelled the rest to keep in.
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... frigate Effingham , and in the succeeding winter he displayed fresh proofs of his enterprising and patriotic spirit . The frigate being useless , in consequence of the suspension of the navigation , he sought other means of aiding the ...
... frigate Effingham , and in the succeeding winter he displayed fresh proofs of his enterprising and patriotic spirit . The frigate being useless , in consequence of the suspension of the navigation , he sought other means of aiding the ...
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... frigate Raleigh , of thirty - two guns , which then lay at Boston , and on the 25th , went to sea . He was not long upon the ocean before his courage and abilities were subjected to a new trial by the appear- ance of a British fleet ...
... frigate Raleigh , of thirty - two guns , which then lay at Boston , and on the 25th , went to sea . He was not long upon the ocean before his courage and abilities were subjected to a new trial by the appear- ance of a British fleet ...
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... frigate Alliance of thirty - six guns . In February of that year , he sailed from Boston for L'Orient , to which place he carried Colonel Laurens , who was on an embassy to the French court , and subsequently cruised with great success ...
... frigate Alliance of thirty - six guns . In February of that year , he sailed from Boston for L'Orient , to which place he carried Colonel Laurens , who was on an embassy to the French court , and subsequently cruised with great success ...
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Página 8 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 6 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Página 8 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Página 6 - We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a two-penny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver!
Página 13 - It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wished to live without committing any fault at any time, and to conquer all that either natural inclination, custom or company, might lead me into. As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other.
Página 9 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and...
Página 3 - And that an exact inventory be taken of all such cannon and stores in order that they may be safely returned when the restoration of the former harmony between great Britain and these colonies so ardently wished for by the latter shall render it prudent and consistent with the overruling law of self preservation.
Página 12 - ... short of despotism, since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers ; that the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy...
Página 10 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties...