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1780
on 10/25/1780
"We want not, indeed, a special revelation from heaven to teach us that men are born equal and free; that no man has a natural claim of dominion over his neighbours . . . . These are the plain dictates of that reason and common sense with which the common parent of men has informed the human bosom. It is, however, a satisfaction to observe such everlasting maxims of equity confirmed, and impressed upon the consciences of men, by the instructions, precepts, and examples given us in the sacred orac"
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 | with in 1780 in London British soldiers fire on anti-Catholic rioters during most destructive riot in s history Artist Lucas |
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 | in 1780 The young Marquis de Lafayette wears the uniform of a major general of the Continental Army. Painting by Charles Willson Peale |
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 | in 1780 The Right Honble. Charles Earl Cornwallis, Governor General of Bengal and the British Forces in the East Indies |
 | in 1780 Meur. le Comte de Vergennes, Chevalier des Ordres du Roi, Ministre, Conseiller et Sécrétaire dÉtat, ayant le Départemt. des Affaires Etrangeres. |
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 | in 1780 Charles Henri Cte. DEstaing, chevalier des ordres du Roy, lieutenant général de ses armées, vice admiral de France, né le 24 Novembre 1719. |