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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الصفحة iii
... Governor Penn- John Horne Tooke - Strength of the Americans - Political Change in the London Common Council - Persecution of Stephen Sayre - Tenor of the King's Speech - His false Hopes -Warm Debates in Parliament - Duke of Grafton in ...
... Governor Penn- John Horne Tooke - Strength of the Americans - Political Change in the London Common Council - Persecution of Stephen Sayre - Tenor of the King's Speech - His false Hopes -Warm Debates in Parliament - Duke of Grafton in ...
الصفحة viii
... Governor Nel- son - Bombardment of his Mansion - Cornwallis's Proposition to surrender - Destruction in Yorktown - Terms of Capitula- tion proposed - The Commissioners - Synopsis of Articles of Capitulation - Fac Simile of the ...
... Governor Nel- son - Bombardment of his Mansion - Cornwallis's Proposition to surrender - Destruction in Yorktown - Terms of Capitula- tion proposed - The Commissioners - Synopsis of Articles of Capitulation - Fac Simile of the ...
الصفحة ix
... Governor Nash - Colonel Buncombe- Army partially organized - Hobkirk's Hill - The Spring- Greene's Encampment on Hobkirk's Hill - Lee's Legion and the Wolves - Lord Rawdon at Camden - Preparations to at- tack Greene - Battle on ...
... Governor Nash - Colonel Buncombe- Army partially organized - Hobkirk's Hill - The Spring- Greene's Encampment on Hobkirk's Hill - Lee's Legion and the Wolves - Lord Rawdon at Camden - Preparations to at- tack Greene - Battle on ...
الصفحة xiii
... Governor Trumbull's War Office . 12. The Trumbull House . 13. The Alden Tavern .. 14. The Williams House . 15. The Trumbull Vault . - 16. Birth - place of Benedict Arnold . 17. Governor Huntington's Mansion 18. Governor Huntington's ...
... Governor Trumbull's War Office . 12. The Trumbull House . 13. The Alden Tavern .. 14. The Williams House . 15. The Trumbull Vault . - 16. Birth - place of Benedict Arnold . 17. Governor Huntington's Mansion 18. Governor Huntington's ...
الصفحة xvi
... Governor Houstoun 556. Portrait of General Lincoln . 557. Portrait of Count Pulaski . 558. Pulaski's Seal 559. Plan of the Siege of Savannah 560. Remains of the French Works 561. Portrait of Governor Jackson . 562. Signature of General ...
... Governor Houstoun 556. Portrait of General Lincoln . 557. Portrait of Count Pulaski . 558. Pulaski's Seal 559. Plan of the Siege of Savannah 560. Remains of the French Works 561. Portrait of Governor Jackson . 562. Signature of General ...
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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.