Life and Times of Washington, Band 3M.M. Belcher Publishing Company, 1903 - 2032 Seiten |
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... land . When the recent offensive operations in Jersey had taken place he 66 * This brave and able officer , Gen. Philemon Dickinson , was brother to the celebrated John Dickinson , author of the Farm- er's Letters . " General Dickinson ...
... land . When the recent offensive operations in Jersey had taken place he 66 * This brave and able officer , Gen. Philemon Dickinson , was brother to the celebrated John Dickinson , author of the Farm- er's Letters . " General Dickinson ...
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... land pilot , Richard Stockton , and took the whole prisoners , among them the major , a captain , and three subalterns , with seventy stand of arms . Fifty of the Bedford , Pa . , riflemen behaved like veterans . " On another occasion ...
... land pilot , Richard Stockton , and took the whole prisoners , among them the major , a captain , and three subalterns , with seventy stand of arms . Fifty of the Bedford , Pa . , riflemen behaved like veterans . " On another occasion ...
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... land in each ; that taxes shall be imposed and levied by authority and direction of the several States within the time prescribed by Congress ; that Congress has the sole and exclusive right of deciding on peace and war , of sending and ...
... land in each ; that taxes shall be imposed and levied by authority and direction of the several States within the time prescribed by Congress ; that Congress has the sole and exclusive right of deciding on peace and war , of sending and ...
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... land forces , and to make requisitions from each State for its quota , in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such State ; that the consent of nine States shall be requisite to any great public measure of common interest ...
... land forces , and to make requisitions from each State for its quota , in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such State ; that the consent of nine States shall be requisite to any great public measure of common interest ...
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... land at the close of the dis- turbances . Governor Tryon , who had been extremely active in engaging and disciplining them , was promoted to the rank of major - general of the Loyal Provincialists . * * About this time the Royalists in ...
... land at the close of the dis- turbances . Governor Tryon , who had been extremely active in engaging and disciplining them , was promoted to the rank of major - general of the Loyal Provincialists . * * About this time the Royalists in ...
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American army appointed arms Arnold arrived artillery attack attempt baggage battle body brigade British army Burgoyne camp campaign cavalry Charleston circumstances Colonel command Commander-in-Chief conduct Congress Conway Cabal corps Count D'Estaing D'Estaing defended Delaware detachment effect embarked enemy engaged eral exertions expedition favorable fire flank fleet force formed Fort Edward Fort Mercer Fort Mifflin France French garrison Gates Greene ground honor hostile immediately Island Jersey joined killed Lafayette land letter Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon loss mand measures ment miles military militia morning night North North river occasion officers operations opinion party passed Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia prisoners proceeded provisions quarter rear received regiment reinforcements retreat returned river road sailed Schuyler sent ships Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon South Carolina success suffered Tarleton tion took town United vessels victory Virginia Wash Washington whole winter wounded York
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Seite 1504 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Seite 1503 - Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude.
Seite 1503 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut river, thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Seite 1502 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be Free, Sovereign and Independent States...
Seite 1472 - ... let me request you to rely on the plighted faith of your country, and place a full confidence in the purity of the intentions of Congress...
Seite 1027 - States under their direction; to appoint one of their number to preside; provided that no person be .allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States...
Seite 1297 - We have been half of our time without provisions, and are likely to continue so. We have no magazines, nor money to form them. We have lived upon expedients, until we can live no longer. In a word, the history of the war Is a history of false hopes and temporary devices, instead of system and economy.
Seite 1026 - States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office : appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers: appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States : making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations.
Seite 1504 - United States. And that persons of any other description shall have free liberty to go to any part or parts of any of the thirteen United States, and therein to remain twelve months, unmolested in their endeavours to obtain the restitution of such of their estates, rights and properties, as may have been confiscated...
Seite 1491 - There are four things, which, I humbly conceive, are essential to the well-being, I may even venture to say, to the existence of the United States, as an independent power.