The Magazine of History, with Notes and Queries, Volume 22W. Abbatt, 1916 |
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Pagina 25
... colonies and this document was signed by General George Washington , as commander- in - chief of the army and given ... Colonies of North America . Mrs. Garty has in her possession the commission bearing Washing- ton's signature and the ...
... colonies and this document was signed by General George Washington , as commander- in - chief of the army and given ... Colonies of North America . Mrs. Garty has in her possession the commission bearing Washing- ton's signature and the ...
Pagina 26
... Colonies of North America to Samuel Tucker , Esq . By virtue of the Power and Authority to me granted by the Honorable Continental Con- gress I do hereby constitute & appoint you to be Captain of The Armed Schooner Franklyn in The ...
... Colonies of North America to Samuel Tucker , Esq . By virtue of the Power and Authority to me granted by the Honorable Continental Con- gress I do hereby constitute & appoint you to be Captain of The Armed Schooner Franklyn in The ...
Pagina 29
... colonies in America , and the development and adoption of the Constitution . The English emigrants who founded upon the eastern coast of what is now the United States , a group of colonial commonwealths , brought with them in their ...
... colonies in America , and the development and adoption of the Constitution . The English emigrants who founded upon the eastern coast of what is now the United States , a group of colonial commonwealths , brought with them in their ...
Pagina 30
... colonies were called upon to act in concert to re- sist the Stamp Act which on March 22 , 1765 , had passed the imperial parliament . When Massachusetts spoke the word for the first con- gress , nine of the thirteen colonies that met in ...
... colonies were called upon to act in concert to re- sist the Stamp Act which on March 22 , 1765 , had passed the imperial parliament . When Massachusetts spoke the word for the first con- gress , nine of the thirteen colonies that met in ...
Pagina 31
... colonies . could permanently unite preceded by three weeks the promulgation of the Declaration of Independence . The task proved a difficult one . Not until after a year and a half had been consumed in study and de- bate did the draft ...
... colonies . could permanently unite preceded by three weeks the promulgation of the Declaration of Independence . The task proved a difficult one . Not until after a year and a half had been consumed in study and de- bate did the draft ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 87 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Pagina 86 - States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the field ; and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind, which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation.
Pagina 86 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official life, by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them, to his holy keeping.
Pagina 109 - High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Show'rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Pagina 88 - Tis, finally, the Man, who, lifted high, Conspicuous object in a Nation's eye, Or left unthought-of in obscurity, — Who, with a toward or untoward lot, Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not — Plays, in the many games of life, that one Where what he most doth value must be won...
Pagina 234 - When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Pagina 152 - ... vessel. I see them, escaped from these perils, pursuing their all but desperate undertaking, and landed at last, after a five months...
Pagina 110 - I quit not the land of my fathers but with my life. In those woods where I bent my youthful bow, I will still hunt the deer. Over yonder waters I will still glide unrestrained in my bark canoe. By those dashing waterfalls I will still lay up my winter's store of food.
Pagina 234 - For forms of government let fools contest ; Whate'er is best administered is best : For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight ; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Pagina 68 - After taking Fort Duquesne," said he, "I am to proceed to Niagara; and having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will allow time; and I suppose it will, for Duquesne can hardly detain me above three or four days; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara.