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Memoir of General Graham: With Notices of the Campaigns in which He was ... - Page 97
by Samuel Graham - 1862 - 318 pages
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The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the ..., Volume 4

William Gordon - 1788 - 618 pages
...cannot take leave of you, Sir, without affuring you, that in whatever light my agency in this unpleafing affair may be viewed, I was never influenced, through the whole of it, by fanguinary motives ; but by what I conceived to be a fenfe of rrty duty, which loudly called upon me...
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A Military Journal During the American Revolutionary War, from 1775 to 1783

James Thacher - 1823 - 686 pages
...accompanied with a passport for him to go into New York, and also a letter which closes as follows. " I cannot take leave of you, Sir, without assuring...conceived to be a sense of my duty, which loudly called on me to take measures, however disagreeable, to prevent a repetition of those enormities which have...
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The Friend of Peace, Volume 4

1827 - 548 pages
...accompanied with a passport for him to go into NewYork, and also a letter, which closed as follows : — '• I cannot take leave of you, Sir, without assuring...conceived to be a sense of my duty, which loudly called on me to take measures, however disagreeable, to prevent a repetition of those enormities which have...
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A Military Journal During the American Revolutionary War: From 1775 to 1783 ...

James Thacher - 1827 - 506 pages
...accompanied with a passport for him to go into New York, and also a letter which closes as follows. " I cannot take leave of you, Sir, without assuring...whole of it, by sanguinary motives, but by what I conceive to be a sense of my duty, which loudly called on me to take measures, however disagreeable,...
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A Military Journal During the American Revolutionary War: From 1775 to 1783

James Thacher - 1827 - 494 pages
...accompanied with a passport for him to go into New York, and also a letter which closes as follows. " I cannot take leave of you, Sir, without assuring...whole of it, by sanguinary motives, but by what I conceive to be a sense of my duty, which loudly called on me to take measures, however disagreeable,...
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being ..., Volume 11

Jared Sparks - 1830 - 548 pages
...assuring you, that in whatever light my agency in this unpleasing affair may be received, I never was influenced through the whole of it by sanguinary motives, but by what I conceived a sense of my duty, which loudly called upon me to take measures, however disagreeable, to prevent...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 596 pages
...take leave of you, Sir, without assuring you, that, in whatever light my agency in this unpleasing affair may be viewed, I was never influenced, through...measures, however disagreeable, to prevent a repetition of those enormities, which have been the subject of discussion. And that this important end is likely...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 604 pages
...take leave of you, Sir, without assuring you, that, in whatever light my agency in this unpleasing affair may be viewed, I was never influenced, through...measures, however disagreeable, to prevent a repetition of those enormities, which have been the subject of discussion. And that this important end is likely...
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Museum of Foreign Literature and Science, Volume 26

Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 744 pages
...whatever light my agency in this unpleasant affair may be viewed, I was never influenced throughout the whole of it by sanguinary motives ; but by what I conceived to be a sense of duty, which loudly called upon me to use measures, however disagreeable, to prevent a repetition of...
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The Religious Opinions and Character of Washington

Edward Charles M'Guire - 1836 - 430 pages
...fruitless. You will attribute my detention of the enclosed letters, which have been in my hands about a fortnight, to the same cause,. "I cannot take leave...measures, however disagreeable, to prevent a repetition of those enormities which have been the subject of discussion. And that this important end is likely to...
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