| 1820 - 562 pages
...and a letter to that gentleman was accordingly written : " I was " to have introduced," he says, " my friend Burr to you, but in this I " failed, by...understands your merits, and reckons on " you. Prepare to visit me, and I will tell you all. We must " have a peep at the unknown world beyond me."" Eight days... | |
| Humphrey Marshall - Kentucky - 1824 - 542 pages
...answer your letter by Taylor, but I did better; I procured him a pension of twenty dollars per month. I was to have introduced my friend Burr to you, but...understands your merits, and reckons on you. Prepare to visit me, and I will tell you all. We must have a peep at the unknown world beyond me. I shall want... | |
| James Parton - New York (State) - 1858 - 728 pages
...and contains these expressions : — ' J was to have introduced my friend Burr to you, but in thia I failed by accident. He understands your merits, and reckons on you. Repair to me and I will tell you all. We must have a peep at the unknown world beyond me.' The letter... | |
| James Parton - New York (State) - 1860 - 744 pages
...General Adair. The letter is dated, Rapids of Ohio, May 28th, 1805, 11 o'clock, and contains theso expressions : — 'I was to have introduced my friend...accident. He understands your merits, and reckons on you. Repair to me and I will tell you alL We must have a peep at the unknown world beyond me.' The letter... | |
| William Harrison Safford - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1861 - 720 pages
...for travel. On the 28th of May, 1805, he had written to fieneral Adair, from the falls of the Ohio: "I was to have introduced my friend Burr to you, but in this 1 tailed by accident. lle understands your merits, and * The words in italies were stricken out, and,... | |
| William Harrison Safford - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1864 - 898 pages
...for travel. On the 28th of May, 1805, he had written to General Adair, from the falls of the Ohio: "I was to have introduced my friend Burr to you, but...failed by accident. He understands your merits, and » The words in italies were stricken out, and, in some instances, supplied by others, in the copy... | |
| Ohio - 1915 - 634 pages
...twenty-third.3 He continued on to Louisville and from there wrote John Adair. May twenty-eighth, 1805 : "I was to have introduced my friend Burr to you but...reckons on you. Prepare to meet me and I will tell you aft. We must have a peek into the unknown world beyond us."* This letter of introduction was written... | |
| Henry Adams - United States - 1890 - 490 pages
...privately he wrote, May 28, to John Adair, soon to be Breckenridge's successor as senator from Kentucky : " I was to have introduced my friend Burr to you ; but...understands your merits, and reckons on you. Prepare to visit me, and I will tell you all. We must have a peep at the unknown world beyond me." Meanwhile Burr... | |
| Henry Adams - United States - 1890 - 486 pages
...privately he wrote, May 28, to John Adair, soon to be Breckenridge's successor as senator from Kentucky : " I was to have introduced my friend Burr to you ; but...understands your merits, and reckons on you. Prepare to visit me, and I will tell you all. We must have a peep at the unknown world beyond me." Meanwhile Burr... | |
| James Parton - New York (State) - 1892 - 444 pages
...communication made about the same time (by Wilkinson) to General Adair. The letter is dated, Bapids of Ohio, May 28th, 1805, 11 o'clock, and contains...have introduced my friend Burr to you, but in this I Jailed by accident. He understands your merits, and reckons on you. Eepair to me and I will tell you... | |
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