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    Matthew Yglesias » Articles 2004

  • Riding north from his farm, he stopped in Phila - delphia to consult with the sturdy patriots of that bustling commercial city, went on to New York to assure Hamilton that Virginia would be sending first-class men to the impending convention, and then on to Boston, where he offered his support to the government that was struggling to put down Shays'Rebellion.

    Legacy Michener, James 1987

  • Century Philosophers (New Haven, 1932); and R.H. Shryock, The Development of Modern Medicine (Phila - delphia and London, 1936).

    LONGEVITY GERALD J. GRUMAN 1968

  • Spiritual and Anabaptist Writers (Phila - delphia, 1957) and G.H. Sabine, ed.,

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas SANFORD A. LAKOFF 1968

  • H. Boehmer, Road to Reformation (Phila - delphia, 1946).

    CHRISTIANITY IN HISTORY HERBERT BUTTERFIELD 1968

  • We asked him if he thought it would be safe for us to stop in Phila - delphia.

    Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom Craft, William 1860

  • He said, "No;" and added, "I bought tickets in Charleston to pass us through to Phila - delphia, and therefore you have no right to detain us here."

    Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom Craft, William 1860

  • When we left Macon, it was our intention to take a steamer at Charleston through to Phila - delphia; but on arriving there we found that the vessels did not run during the winter, and I have no doubt it was well for us they did not; for on the very last voyage the steamer made that we intended to go by, a fugitive was discovered secreted on board, and sent back to slavery.

    Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom Craft, William 1860

  • My master said, he thought the air of Phila - delphia would suit his complaint best; and, not only so, he thought he could get better advice there.

    Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom Craft, William 1860

  • October, 1792, as it was the 13th of November before the Phila - delphia plans were in Washington.

    Thomas Jefferson and the National Capital: Containing Notes and Correspondence exchanged between Jefferson, Washington, L'Enfant, Ellicott, Hallett, Thornton, Latrobe, the Commissioners, and others 1797

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