Callahan, Charles Hilliard, 1858-1944 · Washington : National Capital Press · leaf 235
sand by that body sent to the several legislatures to be submitted ineach state to a convention of delegates chosen by the people, forapproval or rejection. At last the measure was full, the goal had been reached andtriumph written on the labors of the sons of America. From thehealthy germ of a… … WASHINGTON AGAIN IN PRIVATE LIFE. 145 Three sentinels loom up through the shadows of our countryspast to tell the magic story of mans achievements. The Virginiaconvention and continental congress of 1776, which gave to Americaand the world the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence,and the…
