| 1857 - 992 Seiten
...of (American) Presbyterianisra." The following somewhat curious fact is quoted from Bancroft : — " The first public voice in America for dissolving;...of New York, nor the planters of Virginia, but from Scotch-Irish Presbyterians." This, of course, is meant as n high compliment. unknown. " Parishes, or... | |
| Alexander Blaikie - 1855 - 382 Seiten
...cause." * And says the eloquent Bancroft, " The first voice publicly raised in America to dissolve all connection with Great Britain, came not from the Puritans of New England, or the Dutch of New York, or the planters of Virginia, but from ScotchIrish Presbyterians. They brought... | |
| Benjamin John Wallace, Albert Barnes - 1857 - 722 Seiten
...noble advocates of the same cause. Still, the highest historical authority warrants us in saying, " The first public voice in America for dissolving all...of New York, nor the planters of Virginia, but from Scotch-Irish Presbyterians."* But tardy justice is often awarded to the truly meritorious. Time, in... | |
| 1868 - 904 Seiten
...the first declaration of independence issue in America? From Irish Presbyterians, Bancroft says : " The first public voice in America for dissolving all...Britain came, not from the Puritans of New England, tho Dutch of New York, nor the planters of Virginia, but from the Scotch Irish Presbyterians. They... | |
| Jesse Truesdell Peck - 1868 - 774 Seiten
...religion. ' We shall find," says Bancroft, ' that the first voice publicly raised in America to dissolve all connection with Great Britain, came, not from the Puritans of New England, or the Dutch of New York, or the planters of Virginia, but from Scotch-Irish Presbyterians.' The reference... | |
| J. Smith Futhey - 1870 - 206 Seiten
...one of them, man or woman, that is not proud of it, or that would exchange it for' any other lineage. "The first public voice 'in America for dissolving all connection with Great Britain," says Bancroft, "came from the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians." A large number of them were signers of the... | |
| James Geddes Craighead - 1876 - 192 Seiten
...unjust exactions of the British government. No less an authority than the historian Bancroft states that, " The first public voice in America for dissolving...of New York, nor the planters of Virginia, but from Scotch-Irish Presbyterians.'1'' A single illustration of the spirit and resolution of this class of... | |
| William Pratt Breed - 1876 - 218 Seiten
...Westminster Assembly." " We shall find that the first voice publicly raised in America to dissolve all connection with Great Britain came, not from the Puritans of New England, nor the Dutch of New York, nor the planters of Virginia, but from the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians."... | |
| Albert Smith - 1876 - 878 Seiten
...of Pennsylvania, besides many important officers of trust and honor in many of the other States. " The first public voice in America for dissolving all connection with Great Britain," says Bancroft, " came from the Scotch-Irish Presbyterian." A large number of them were signers of the... | |
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