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 & Brothers, 1860 Tells the stories of the young nation and the sacrifices that made the colonies' dream of freedom become reality. |
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... died , soon aft- erward , in poverty and obscurity . His death occurred on the 2d of October , 1782 , at the age of fifty - one . General Lee was a brilliant man in many things , but his life exhibited a most perfect specimen of antithe ...
... died , soon aft- erward , in poverty and obscurity . His death occurred on the 2d of October , 1782 , at the age of fifty - one . General Lee was a brilliant man in many things , but his life exhibited a most perfect specimen of antithe ...
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... died in the front room in the second story , immediately over this window . It is related that a daughter of Mr. Potts , who was at a neighbor's when the firing commenced , was run- ning toward her father's house , when a musket - ball ...
... died in the front room in the second story , immediately over this window . It is related that a daughter of Mr. Potts , who was at a neighbor's when the firing commenced , was run- ning toward her father's house , when a musket - ball ...
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... died ; 3 , 4 , the British seventeenth regiment ; 5 , 6 Mercer beginning the battle ; 7 8 , the seventeenth attempting to dislodge Moulder ; 9 , 10. Pennsylvania militia under Washington ; 11 , Hitchcock's regiment ; 13 , display of ...
... died ; 3 , 4 , the British seventeenth regiment ; 5 , 6 Mercer beginning the battle ; 7 8 , the seventeenth attempting to dislodge Moulder ; 9 , 10. Pennsylvania militia under Washington ; 11 , Hitchcock's regiment ; 13 , display of ...
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... died , which is situated about seventy rods from the Trenton turnpike . That dwelling is represented in the foreground of the picture , on the extreme right . The distant view includes almost the whole field of action . Near the center ...
... died , which is situated about seventy rods from the Trenton turnpike . That dwelling is represented in the foreground of the picture , on the extreme right . The distant view includes almost the whole field of action . Near the center ...
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... died , and made the sketch on page 29. The air was very keen , and the snow half knee - deep , circumstances which were quite unfavorable to deliberate sketching in the open fields . I persevered , however , and was successful in ...
... died , and made the sketch on page 29. The air was very keen , and the snow half knee - deep , circumstances which were quite unfavorable to deliberate sketching in the open fields . I persevered , however , and was successful in ...
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afterward American appointed arms army arrived artillery Assembly attack Baltimore battle Brandywine bridge British British army camp Captain cavalry Charles chief church Colonel colony command commenced Congress Continental Continental army Continental Congress Cornwallis corps court-house Creek crossed Declaration Delaware Dunmore encamped enemy England erected expedition Fayette fire fleet force Ford Fort Duquesne Fort Mifflin French George governor Greene Henry Hill honor horse House of Burgesses hundred Independence Indians infantry Island James River Jamestown Jefferson Jersey John killed king La Fayette land letter liberty lieutenant Lord Lord Dunmore Maryland miles military militia monument morning night North Carolina officers Ohio party patriots Pennsylvania Philadelphia prisoners Queen's Rangers regiment residence retreat returned Revolution Richmond road royal sent settlement side Simcoe soldiers soon South Tarleton thousand tion Tories town Trenton troops Virginia Washington William Williamsburg wounded York Yorktown
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Página 295 - 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 294 - In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation.
Página 340 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Página 73 - 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 294 - 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 386 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Página 70 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America In general.
Página 72 - 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 72 - He has erected a multitude of new offices by a selfassumed power ; and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies and ships of war, without the consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the military independent of, and superior to, the civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitutions, and unacknowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to...
Página 294 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love?