And say besides, that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turban’d Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog And smote him, thus. –Othello. It is difficult to conceive that there ever was a time when the United States paid a money tribute to anybody.…
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Federalist No 56, The Total Number of the House of Representatives, Continued
For the Independent Journal Saturday, February 16, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE SECOND charge against the House of Representatives is, that it will be too small to possess a due knowledge of the interests of its constituents. As this objection evidently proceeds from a comparison of the proposed number…
Frances Marion, Personal Correspondence, Feb. 1781
Gen. Greene to Gen. Marion. Camp, at Guilford Court House, Feb. 11, 1781. Dear Sir, I received your favour of the 31st ult. and request you to give my particular thanks to Major and Capt. Postell for the spirit and address with which they executed your orders over the Santee. Your crossing the Santee must…