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... JONES , WILLIAM MCINTOSH , Esq . , J. H. R. WASHINGTON , Esq . , BENJAMIN E. STILES , Esq . , and Colonel JOHN MIL- LEDGE , the author is indebted for valuable assistance . This work does not assume to be a consecutive His- tory . It is ...
... JONES , WILLIAM MCINTOSH , Esq . , J. H. R. WASHINGTON , Esq . , BENJAMIN E. STILES , Esq . , and Colonel JOHN MIL- LEDGE , the author is indebted for valuable assistance . This work does not assume to be a consecutive His- tory . It is ...
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... Jones County 505 Letter from Colonel A. J. Pickett .. 170 Jones , Hon . Noble W. 367 Jones , Hon . James . 867 Letters from the Council of Safety ...... 86 , 87 , 88 Letter from a gentleman in Georgia . 61 Jones , Major John 523 Jones ...
... Jones County 505 Letter from Colonel A. J. Pickett .. 170 Jones , Hon . Noble W. 367 Jones , Hon . James . 867 Letters from the Council of Safety ...... 86 , 87 , 88 Letter from a gentleman in Georgia . 61 Jones , Major John 523 Jones ...
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... Jones relating to matters in Georgia . A petition read from the old freeholders in Frederica , asking for a supply , by way of loan , of bread kind , provisions and seeds . March 15 , 1738-9 . - A committee appointed to prepare a law of ...
... Jones relating to matters in Georgia . A petition read from the old freeholders in Frederica , asking for a supply , by way of loan , of bread kind , provisions and seeds . March 15 , 1738-9 . - A committee appointed to prepare a law of ...
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... Jones , at the head of his company of horse , stopped them , and deman- ded whether they came with hostile or friendly intentions ? But receiving no sa- tisfactory answer , he told them they must there ground their arms , for he had or ...
... Jones , at the head of his company of horse , stopped them , and deman- ded whether they came with hostile or friendly intentions ? But receiving no sa- tisfactory answer , he told them they must there ground their arms , for he had or ...
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... Jones , who commanded the guard , very seasonably interposed , and ordered the Indians immediately to deliver up their arms . Such courage was not only necessary to overawe them , but , at the same time , great prudence was necessary to ...
... Jones , who commanded the guard , very seasonably interposed , and ordered the Indians immediately to deliver up their arms . Such courage was not only necessary to overawe them , but , at the same time , great prudence was necessary to ...
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Page 331 - Jlnd be it resolved, That the governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the President of the United States, to Louis Kossuth, and to each of our senators and representatives in Congress.