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, Volumen2Harper & Bros., 1852 - 30 páginas |
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... passed by with- out any decisive movement on the part of either army . The American forces , however , were daily augmenting , and they were less annoyed by the British cannon than they had been , for Howe was more sparing of powder ...
... passed by with- out any decisive movement on the part of either army . The American forces , however , were daily augmenting , and they were less annoyed by the British cannon than they had been , for Howe was more sparing of powder ...
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... every house and other cover on the peninsula . They passed over on the ice , executed their orders , and took six of the American guard prisoners . Condition of the Patriots in Boston . Tacit Agreement to 12 PICTORIAL FIELD - BOOK.
... every house and other cover on the peninsula . They passed over on the ice , executed their orders , and took six of the American guard prisoners . Condition of the Patriots in Boston . Tacit Agreement to 12 PICTORIAL FIELD - BOOK.
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... passed since 1763 could now restore peace . The Cabinet , of course , did not concur with his grace , and he re- signed the seals of office , and took a decided stand with the opposition . Dr. Hinchcliffe , bishop of Peterborough ...
... passed since 1763 could now restore peace . The Cabinet , of course , did not concur with his grace , and he re- signed the seals of office , and took a decided stand with the opposition . Dr. Hinchcliffe , bishop of Peterborough ...
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... passed through Norwich to embark for New London . There General Washington met Governor Trumbull by appointment , and both dined to- gether at the table of Colonel Jedediah Hunt- ington . The dwelling of that active patriot , pictured ...
... passed through Norwich to embark for New London . There General Washington met Governor Trumbull by appointment , and both dined to- gether at the table of Colonel Jedediah Hunt- ington . The dwelling of that active patriot , pictured ...
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... passed his ninety - first birth - day a few days before I saw him . He was a soldier early in the war for independence , having been drafted as a minute man in the winter of 1775 , to go to Newport . He was afterward attached to the ...
... passed his ninety - first birth - day a few days before I saw him . He was a soldier early in the war for independence , having been drafted as a minute man in the winter of 1775 , to go to Newport . He was afterward attached to the ...
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Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.