The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence, المجلد 2Harper & Bros., 1852 - 30 من الصفحات |
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... Captain Huddy - Case of Captain Asgill- Remarkable Case of William Tennent - His own Descrip- tion of his Feelings - Loss of his Papers The Pine Rob . bers .. Page 330-368 CHAPTER XIV . Departure from Valley Forge - The Paoli Tavern ...
... Captain Huddy - Case of Captain Asgill- Remarkable Case of William Tennent - His own Descrip- tion of his Feelings - Loss of his Papers The Pine Rob . bers .. Page 330-368 CHAPTER XIV . Departure from Valley Forge - The Paoli Tavern ...
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... Captain John Smith . • 352. Portrait of Pocahontas .. 353. Signature of Berkeley . 354. Initial Letter . 355. Action at Spencer's Ordinary 356. Signature of Armand .. 357. Remains of Dunmore's Palace 358. Brenton Church . 359. The old ...
... Captain John Smith . • 352. Portrait of Pocahontas .. 353. Signature of Berkeley . 354. Initial Letter . 355. Action at Spencer's Ordinary 356. Signature of Armand .. 357. Remains of Dunmore's Palace 358. Brenton Church . 359. The old ...
الصفحة xvi
... Captain Rudulph 538. Gold Medal awarded to Greene 539. View at Nelson's Ferry 540. Site of Fort Watson . 541 Marion's Residence 542. Initial Letter . 543. Signature of Colonel Few 544. Signature of General Ashe .. · · • - 545. View from ...
... Captain Rudulph 538. Gold Medal awarded to Greene 539. View at Nelson's Ferry 540. Site of Fort Watson . 541 Marion's Residence 542. Initial Letter . 543. Signature of Colonel Few 544. Signature of General Ashe .. · · • - 545. View from ...
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... Captain Josiah Waters , Captain Baldwin , of Brookfield , and Captain Henry ( afterward general ) Knox , assistants . These were the principal works erected and occupied by the Americans at Boston . When Mr. Finch wrote in 1822 , many ...
... Captain Josiah Waters , Captain Baldwin , of Brookfield , and Captain Henry ( afterward general ) Knox , assistants . These were the principal works erected and occupied by the Americans at Boston . When Mr. Finch wrote in 1822 , many ...
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... Captain Joseph Trumbull , a younger son of Governor Trumbull , was one of the most active . On the 6th of June , 1774 , a town meeting was held in Norwich , to take into considera- tion " the melancholy state of affairs . " Honorable ...
... Captain Joseph Trumbull , a younger son of Governor Trumbull , was one of the most active . On the 6th of June , 1774 , a town meeting was held in Norwich , to take into considera- tion " the melancholy state of affairs . " Honorable ...
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الصفحة 502 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged, their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable; and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry Peace, peace!
الصفحة 503 - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
الصفحة 278 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
الصفحة 279 - For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world; For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent; For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of Trial by Jury; For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses...
الصفحة 502 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love?
الصفحة 314 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it; I have killed many; I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
الصفحة 285 - NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
الصفحة 276 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America In general.
الصفحة 548 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
الصفحة 105 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address which to me seems big with the greatest mischiefs that can befall my country. If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.