...following account of it. 'Congress,' he says, ' gave a signal proof of their indulgence to Mr. Dickenson, and of their great desire not to go too fast for any...disgust against its humility was general, and Mr. Dickcnson's delight at its passage was the only circumstance which reconciled them to it. The vote...

...Jay, vol. ii. p. 410. 1 Mr. Jefferson relates the following anecdote on the subject in his Memoir : '- Congress gave a signal, proof of their indulgence...respectable part of our body, in permitting him to dra-.v their second petition to the King according to his own ideas, and passing it with scarcely any...

...Jay, vol. ii. p. 410. 1 Mr. Jefferson relates the following aneedote on the subject in his Memoir : " Congress gave a signal proof of their indulgence to Mr. Dickinson, and of their jreat desire not to go too fast for any respectable part of our body, in permitting him to dnw their"...

...John Jay, vol. ii. p. 410. Mr. Jefferson relates the following anecdote on the subject in his Memoir : "Congress gave a signal proof of their indulgence to Mr. Dickinson, and of their peat desire not to go too fast for any respectable part of our body, in permitting him to divr their...

...paragraphs, and half of the preceding one. We approved and reported it to Congress, who accepted it. Congress gave a signal proof of their indulgence to...according to his own ideas, and passing it with scarcely an amendment. The disgust against its humility was general ; and Mr. Dickinson's v delight at its passage...

...preceding one. We approved, and presented it to Congress, who accepted it. * At Bunker's Hill, I suppose. " Congress gave a signal proof of their indulgence to...permitting him to draw their second 'Petition to the King' • On the loth June George Washington was unanimously elected, by Congress, commander-in-chief of...

...paragraphs, and the last of the preceding one. We approved, and presented it to Congress, who accepted it. "Congress gave a signal proof of their indulgence...Dickinson, and of their great desire not to go too fnst for any respectable part of our body, in permitting him to draw their second 'Petition to the...

...creut desire not to go too fast for any respectable part of our body, in permitting him to <lra«- their second petition to the King according to his own ideas, and passing it with soarcely any amendment. The disgust against its humility was general : and Mr. Oickinluii's delight...

...Congress had given, says Jefferson, " a signal proof of their indulgence to Mr. Dickinson, and of their desire not to go too fast for any respectable part...general, and Mr. Dickinson's delight at its passage the only circumstance which reconciled them to 1 Elliott's Debates, vol. I, p. 48. it."1 But Jay, in...

...4. paragraphs & half of the preceding one. We approved & reported it to Congress, who accepted it. Congress gave a signal proof of their indulgence to...their second petition to the King according to his own ideas,2 and passing it with scarcely any amendment. The disgust against this humility was general ;...