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 v
... Colonel Jameson - His Letter to Arnold - Better Judgment of Colonel Tallmadge - Major André at Sheldon's Head - quarters - Andrè's Letter to Wash- ington - Taken to West Point , thence to Tappan - His Dis- closures to Tallmadge - His ...
... Colonel Jameson - His Letter to Arnold - Better Judgment of Colonel Tallmadge - Major André at Sheldon's Head - quarters - Andrè's Letter to Wash- ington - Taken to West Point , thence to Tappan - His Dis- closures to Tallmadge - His ...
Pagina vii
... Colonel Byrd - Birth - place of President Harrison - Anec- dote of Harrison's Father - Charles City Court - house - Birth- place of President Tyler - Jefferson's Marriage-- His Marriage License - bond - Historical Associations of ...
... Colonel Byrd - Birth - place of President Harrison - Anec- dote of Harrison's Father - Charles City Court - house - Birth- place of President Tyler - Jefferson's Marriage-- His Marriage License - bond - Historical Associations of ...
Pagina viii
... Colonel Scammel - York- town and Gloucester invested - General Arrangements of the land and naval Forces - French Officers - Biographical Sketch of Lieutenant - colonel Stevens - Position of the American Corps - Approach by Parallels ...
... Colonel Scammel - York- town and Gloucester invested - General Arrangements of the land and naval Forces - French Officers - Biographical Sketch of Lieutenant - colonel Stevens - Position of the American Corps - Approach by Parallels ...
Pagina ix
... Colonel Sevier - Frank- land - Death and Grave of Ferguson and some Patriots - Ex- ecution of Tories - One of Sumter's Men - Route to the Cow . pens - Southern Houses - Thicketty Mountains - Cowpens Battle - ground - Morgan's Army ...
... Colonel Sevier - Frank- land - Death and Grave of Ferguson and some Patriots - Ex- ecution of Tories - One of Sumter's Men - Route to the Cow . pens - Southern Houses - Thicketty Mountains - Cowpens Battle - ground - Morgan's Army ...
Pagina xii
... Colonel Fanning . 434. Autograph of a Regulator .. 435. Portrait of Colonel Fanning 436. Signature of Joseph Leech . 437. Signature of Christopher Neale 438. Regulator Battle - ground . 439. Signature of James Hasell .. 568 524. View at ...
... Colonel Fanning . 434. Autograph of a Regulator .. 435. Portrait of Colonel Fanning 436. Signature of Joseph Leech . 437. Signature of Christopher Neale 438. Regulator Battle - ground . 439. Signature of James Hasell .. 568 524. View at ...
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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.