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I could Quarrell with the climate, but surely if it is subject to the Ague, there is a fever fit as well as the cold one.
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 9 December 1781 1973
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It is very similar to the American Quarrell in the Rise and Progress, and will be so in the Conclusion.
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Upon that Visit Mr. Steel told them that the Quarrell which was now begun by the Stamp Act would never be reconciled, but would terminate in a Separation between the two
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Where the Blame will center, or where the Quarrell will terminate, I am not able to foresee.
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Pop-up large image against Deacon Palmer, and said he was a Knave &c.Q. about this Quarrell?
John Adams diary 13, 1 March - 31 December 1766, March 1767 1961
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Quarrell, [illegible] both must be very unhappy - Reproaching each other to their faces, relating facts concerning each other, to their Neighbours.
John Adams diary 14, includes legal notes, July 1766, 4 April - 18 May 1767 1961
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Cambridge his Friends got into a Quarrell and Squabble and somebody knowing they all had a great Esteem of Temple begged him to interpose and use his
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Is it not realizing the Quarrell of the Belly and the Members?
John Adams diary 23, notes on Continental Congress, 22 [i.e. 23] September - 25 October 1775 1961
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And when Colonel Quarrell finally set sail as commissioner to obtain the new allies, all scruples of conscience vanished in the renewal of public courage and the chorus of popular gratitude; a thing so desirable must be right; thrice were they armed who knew their Quarrell just.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various
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Two commissioners had charge of them, one being the redoubtable Colonel Quarrell, and twenty-five thousand pounds were appropriated for their temporary support.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various
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