Life of George Washington, Band 13G.P. Putnam, 1869 |
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... Americans to seize upon Breed's Hill . - Putnam's Opinion of it . Sanctioned by Prescott . - Nocturnal March of the Detachment . - Fortifying of Bunker's Hill . -Break of Day , and Astonishment of the Enemy 487 CHAPTER XLI . Battle of ...
... Americans to seize upon Breed's Hill . - Putnam's Opinion of it . Sanctioned by Prescott . - Nocturnal March of the Detachment . - Fortifying of Bunker's Hill . -Break of Day , and Astonishment of the Enemy 487 CHAPTER XLI . Battle of ...
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... America . He made a voyage to Virginia about the year 1739 , to visit his vast estates there . These he inherited from his mother , Catharine , daughter of Thomas , Lord Culpepper , to whom they had been granted by Charles II . The orig ...
... America . He made a voyage to Virginia about the year 1739 , to visit his vast estates there . These he inherited from his mother , Catharine , daughter of Thomas , Lord Culpepper , to whom they had been granted by Charles II . The orig ...
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... , had left undefined the boundaries be- tween the British and French possessions in America ; a singular remissness , considering that they had long been a subject in dispute , and a CLAIMS TO THE OHIO VALLEY . 51 cause of frequent.
... , had left undefined the boundaries be- tween the British and French possessions in America ; a singular remissness , considering that they had long been a subject in dispute , and a CLAIMS TO THE OHIO VALLEY . 51 cause of frequent.
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... America . In the month of October the House of Bur- gesses made a grant of twenty thousand pounds for the public service ; and ten thousand more were sent out from England , beside a supply of fire - arms . The governor now applied ...
... America . In the month of October the House of Bur- gesses made a grant of twenty thousand pounds for the public service ; and ten thousand more were sent out from England , beside a supply of fire - arms . The governor now applied ...
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... America , " which directed that all such as were missioned by the king , or by his general com- mander - in - chief in North America , should take rank of all officers commissioned by the governors of the respective provinces . And ...
... America , " which directed that all such as were missioned by the king , or by his general com- mander - in - chief in North America , should take rank of all officers commissioned by the governors of the respective provinces . And ...
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Seite 447 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; 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.
Seite 397 - Esquires, any six of whom to be a committee, whose business it shall be to obtain the most early and authentic intelligence of all such acts and resolutions of the British Parliament, or proceedings of Administration, as may relate to or affect the British colonies in America, and to keep up and maintain a correspondence and communication with our sister colonies, respecting these important considerations; and the result of such their proceedings, from time to time, to lay before this House.
Seite 365 - They had not only a respect, but an affection for Great Britain ; for its laws; its customs, and manners, and even a fondness for its fashions, that greatly increased the commerce.
Seite 425 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation...
Seite 371 - We have already, it is said, proved the inefficacy of addresses to the throne, and remonstrances to Parliament. How far, then, their attention to our rights and privileges is to be awakened or alarmed, by starving their trade and manufactures, remains to be tried.
Seite 477 - There is something charming to me in the conduct of Washington," writes Adams to a friend ; " a gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends, sacrificing his ease, and hazarding all, in the cause of his country. His views are noble and disinterested. He declared, when he accepted the mighty trust, that he would lay before us an exact account of his expenses, and not accept a shilling of pay.
Seite 90 - G they would do it ; for that, although they were sensible the English could raise two men for their one, yet they knew their motions were too slow and dilatory to prevent any undertaking of theirs. They pretend to have an undoubted right to the river from a discovery made by one La Salle...
Seite 420 - Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
Seite 477 - Philip Schuyler of New York and Israel Putnam of Connecticut . Eight brigadier-generals were likewise appointed: Seth Pomeroy, Richard Montgomery, David Wooster, William Heath, Joseph Spencer, John Thomas, John Sullivan and Nathaniel Greene.
Seite 221 - ... all the country, not thinking himself safe till he arrived at Philadelphia, where the inhabitants could protect him. This whole transaction gave us Americans the first suspicion that our exalted ideas of the prowess of British regular troops had not been well founded.