 | Carolyn Merchant - 2003 - 324 trang
...We are however, none the less obliged by your kind offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia...education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them."15 INDIANS AND WILDERNESS With Indians largely vanquished and moved to reservations by the 1890s,... | |
 | Kenneth J. Saltman, David Gabbard - 2003 - 370 trang
...grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them.4 Notice how respectful this letter is of those whose values seemed misplaced by the writer(s).... | |
 | Jon Allan Reyhner, Jeanne M. Oyawin Eder - 2006 - 386 trang
...We are however not the less obliged by your kind Offer, though we decline accepting it: And to show our grateful sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. (Franklin 1784, 21-22; original emphasis) Indian Commissioner TJ Morgan, in his 1890 annual report,... | |
 | Michael Jennings - 2004 - 200 trang
...We are however not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline in accepting it; and to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. — CORNPLANTI-R (Seneca leader, in response to an otter from Bon Franklin to provide free higher education... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 446 trang
...your kind Offer, tho ' we decline aceepting it; and to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gemlemen of Virginia will send us a Dozen of their Sons, we...Education, instruct them in all we know, and make MENofthem.— Having frequem Oecasions to hold puhlic Councils, they have acquired great Order and... | |
 | Edwin S. Gaustad - 2004 - 145 trang
...were totally good for nothing." From the Indian point of view, Franklin explained, it made equal sense "if the Gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their Sons." The Indians will "take Care of their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them."... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 320 trang
...are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia...make men of them." Having frequent occasions to hold councils, they have acquired great order and decency in conducting them. The old men sit in the foremost... | |
 | Barbara Olexer - 2005 - 260 trang
...tho' we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful Sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a Dozen of their Sons, we will take great...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them..." There is no need to document here the horrified contempt with which the Virginians heard Canassatega's... | |
 | Virginia Moore Carney - 2005 - 256 trang
...We are, however, not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia will send us a Dozen of their Sons, we will take care of their Education; instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. (Carroll 240) Many nineteenth-century... | |
 | Chris Rodda - 2006 - 534 trang
...nothing. We are however not the less obliged by your kind Offer, tho we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia...Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them.7 In 1779, Thomas Jefferson became both Governor of Virginia and a member of William and Mary's... | |
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We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them... 
