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General Arnold was, prior to his calumny, a fearless warrior and gifted tactician who was treated in a less-than-stellar fashion by the continental congress.
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Following up this success with his CUSTOMARY PERSEVERENCE, he succeeded before the end of the year in negotiating a Dutch loan of nearly two millions of dollars, the first of a series which proved a chief financial resource of the continental congress.
Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Harry A. Lewis
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Philadelphia he was again elected president by the continental congress, but when, soon after, the news arrived that the House of Burgesses was to meet, he resigned and set out for Virginia.
History of Virginia 1924
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Dr. Benjamin Franklin, who was appointed in 1763, and closed his official career in the summer of 1776, when he was deposed by the continental congress and sent under guard to Connecticut.
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To the honourable John Hancock, esquire, president of the continental congress.
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That's arguably slovenly professions of members of continental congress but when it comes to destroying salmon from your bloodhounds still sometimes that fungus may strive misplaced.
Wii-volution 2010
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