The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Including a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the War of the Independence...Hunt and Clark, 1826 - 407 pages |
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Page 98
... treaty with the Indians at Carlisle , whither they repaired accordingly . These unfortunate tribes had long imbibed one of the worst vices of their European neighbours , drunkenness , and when in liquor were very ungovernable . The ...
... treaty with the Indians at Carlisle , whither they repaired accordingly . These unfortunate tribes had long imbibed one of the worst vices of their European neighbours , drunkenness , and when in liquor were very ungovernable . The ...
Page 104
... treaties with the chiefs of the Six Nations . Franklin was at this time so much impressed with the importance of a permanent union among the colonies , that he prepared on his way a project for their being comprehended under one ...
... treaties with the chiefs of the Six Nations . Franklin was at this time so much impressed with the importance of a permanent union among the colonies , that he prepared on his way a project for their being comprehended under one ...
Page 107
... treaties in which the general interest of the colonies may be concerned ; and make peace , or de- clare war , with Indian nations . - That they make such laws as they judge necessary for regulating all Indian trade . That they make all ...
... treaties in which the general interest of the colonies may be concerned ; and make peace , or de- clare war , with Indian nations . - That they make such laws as they judge necessary for regulating all Indian trade . That they make all ...
Page 175
... treaties of commerce and alliance with France ; which led him to suspect , that he was influ- enced in that transaction by the remembrance of his former treatment before the council . While this unhappy affair was exasperating the ...
... treaties of commerce and alliance with France ; which led him to suspect , that he was influ- enced in that transaction by the remembrance of his former treatment before the council . While this unhappy affair was exasperating the ...
Page 223
... treaty with Great Britain that might be advantageous to both countries . That though his lordship had at present no power to treat with them as independent states , he might , if there was the same good disposition in Britain , much ...
... treaty with Great Britain that might be advantageous to both countries . That though his lordship had at present no power to treat with them as independent states , he might , if there was the same good disposition in Britain , much ...
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