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, Volume 2Harper & Bros., 1852 - 30 pagina's |
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Pagina vi
... 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 .Page 330-368 bers ... 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 .Page 330-368 bers ... CHAPTER XIV . Departure from Valley Forge - The Paoli Tavern ...
Pagina xiv
... 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 . .Page 700 631 ...
... 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 . .Page 700 631 ...
Pagina 1
... Captain , horsewhips Prescott for Insolence at his Table , 35 . Alden , John , Passenger in the May Flower , 91 . Alexander , Abraham , Biographical Sketch of , 617 . Alexander , Elijah , Biographical Sketch of , 617 . Alexander ...
... Captain , horsewhips Prescott for Insolence at his Table , 35 . Alden , John , Passenger in the May Flower , 91 . Alexander , Abraham , Biographical Sketch of , 617 . Alexander , Elijah , Biographical Sketch of , 617 . Alexander ...
Pagina 2
... Captain , in Battle on Gwynn's Island in 1776 , 538 . Argill , Captain , Case of , 366 . Ashe , General John , Notice of , 568 ; Treatment of by the Reg . ulators in 1771 , 576 ; Biographical Sketch of , 714 . Ashe , Mrs. , and Tarlton ...
... Captain , in Battle on Gwynn's Island in 1776 , 538 . Argill , Captain , Case of , 366 . Ashe , General John , Notice of , 568 ; Treatment of by the Reg . ulators in 1771 , 576 ; Biographical Sketch of , 714 . Ashe , Mrs. , and Tarlton ...
Pagina 3
... Captain John Rudolph , 702 ; Colonel B. Few , 711 ; General John Ashe , 714 ; Captain Samuel Finley , 718 ; Governor J. Houstoun , 729 ; General Alured Clarke , 740 ; Governor Christopher Gadsden , 748 ; Governor Thomas Burke , 777 ...
... Captain John Rudolph , 702 ; Colonel B. Few , 711 ; General John Ashe , 714 ; Captain Samuel Finley , 718 ; Governor J. Houstoun , 729 ; General Alured Clarke , 740 ; Governor Christopher Gadsden , 748 ; Governor Thomas Burke , 777 ...
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The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution: Or, Illustrations, by ..., Volume 2 Benson John Lossing Volledige weergave - 1860 |
The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by ..., Volume 2 Benson John Lossing Volledige weergave - 1852 |
The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by ..., Volume 2 Benson John Lossing Volledige weergave - 1852 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 496 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Pagina 497 - 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!
Pagina 272 - 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.
Pagina 496 - ... we must fight! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Pagina 496 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Pagina 272 - He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitutions, and unacknowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation : For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us . For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states ; For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world...
Pagina 273 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Pagina 273 - 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...
Pagina 280 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Pagina 280 - 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.