The German Element in the United States with Special Reference to Its Political, Moral, Social, and Educational Influence, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin Company, 1909 |
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... French and Indian War 267-272 The services of Conrad Weiser and Christian Frederick Post , as envoys to the Indians , etc. · 272-280 • An estimate of the number of settlers of German blood in the thir- teen colonies in 1775 282-285 ...
... French and Indian War 267-272 The services of Conrad Weiser and Christian Frederick Post , as envoys to the Indians , etc. · 272-280 • An estimate of the number of settlers of German blood in the thir- teen colonies in 1775 282-285 ...
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... French service Siege of Yorktown · The Hessians CHAPTER XII 320-337 • 337-340 • 340-342 · 342-344 344-345 346-349 349-356 THE WINNING OF THE WEST I. THE GERMAN SETTLERS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE The early history of the Kentucky ...
... French service Siege of Yorktown · The Hessians CHAPTER XII 320-337 • 337-340 • 340-342 · 342-344 344-345 346-349 349-356 THE WINNING OF THE WEST I. THE GERMAN SETTLERS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE The early history of the Kentucky ...
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... French , Dutch , Spaniards , and Portuguese . But while they were not conspicuous as lead- ers in the great voyages of discovery , their scholarly in- stincts put them in the front rank as cosmographers and cartographers . The instance ...
... French , Dutch , Spaniards , and Portuguese . But while they were not conspicuous as lead- ers in the great voyages of discovery , their scholarly in- stincts put them in the front rank as cosmographers and cartographers . The instance ...
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... French and Indians , commanded by the brave and energetic Frontenac . At the beginning of Janu- ary , 1690 , the French governor had planned an attack on New York by way of the Mohawk Valley and Albany . The event which stands out in ...
... French and Indians , commanded by the brave and energetic Frontenac . At the beginning of Janu- ary , 1690 , the French governor had planned an attack on New York by way of the Mohawk Valley and Albany . The event which stands out in ...
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... French . It was the first attempt at united action on the part of the colonies , without the aid of the mother country . The great plan , however , was not destined to succeed , largely owing to the jealousies and misunderstandings ...
... French . It was the first attempt at united action on the part of the colonies , without the aid of the mother country . The great plan , however , was not destined to succeed , largely owing to the jealousies and misunderstandings ...
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acres American army arrived attack battle became born Captain Chapter Cincinnati Colonel colonists colony command congregations Congress Conrad Weiser County Delaware Der deutsche Pionier descendants deutsche Pionier district early English expedition Frederick French frontier George Georgia German element German immigration German population German settlements German settlers Germantown governor Herkimer Hessians hundred hunters Illinois Indians inhabitants Irish Jacob Jersey Johann John Kapp Kentucky Lancaster County land large number latter Leisler located Louis Ludwig Lutheran Church Madison County Maryland Mennonites ment miles militia missionaries Mississippi Missouri Mohawk Mohawk Valley Moravian Mühlenberg native North number of German officers Ohio Ohio River Palatines Penn Pennsylvania German Peter Philadelphia Reverend Revolutionary River Rosengarten Salzburgers Schoharie sent served settled soldiers South Carolina Steuben sylvania Tennessee territory thousand tion Tories town troops United Valley Virginia Washington Weiser West Western Wetzel Wisconsin York Zweibrücken
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Halaman 431 - This brief official statement marks the closing of a great historical movement. Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the West. The existence of an area of free
Halaman 18 - addressed to Francis Nicholson, " or in his absence to such as for the time being take care for Preserving the Peace and administering the Lawes in our said Province of New York in America."
Halaman 431 - be said to be a frontier line. In the discussion of its extent, its westward movement, etc., it cannot, therefore, any longer have a place in the census reports." Bulletin of the Superintendent of the Census
Halaman 81 - Light, The spectre kindles and burns in sight. Now low and dim, now clear and higher, Leaps up the terrible Ghost of Fire, Then, slowly sinking, the flames expire. And the wise Sound skippers, though the skies be fine, Reef their sails, when they see the sign, Of the blazing wreck of the Palatine
Halaman 109 - You, as Men who have baffled the Attempt of Tyranny; and by an impartial and uncorrupt Verdict, have laid a noble Foundation for securing to ourselves, our Posterity and our Neighbors, That, to which Nature and the Laws of our Country have given us a Right—The Liberty — both of exposing and opposing arbitrary Power (in these Parts of the World, at least) ... by speaking and writing Truth!
Halaman 238 - Why (what of all I least expected) that I, who went to America to convert' others, was never myself converted to God." The voyage to America, with the impressions received from the pious
Halaman 26 - became the wife of the brilliant young Huguenot, Abraham Gouverneur. Mary's son, Nicholas Gouverneur, married Hester's daughter, Gertrude Rynders, and a son of this marriage, Isaac Gouverneur, was the grandfather of Gouverneur Morris, one of the ablest members of the convention that framed the constitution of the United States. "This
Halaman 6 - him, taking twelve men with him. They had proceeded but a short distance from the house, when they were met by Tyrker, whom they received most cordially. Leif observed at once that his foster-father was in lively spirits. . . . Leif addressed him, and asked: " Wherefore art thou so belated,
Halaman 5 - (as will appear in what follows), I do not see why any one may justly forbid it to be named after Americus, its discoverer, a man of sagacious mind, Amerige, that is the land of Americus, or America, since both Europe and Asia derived their names from women.
Halaman 289 - New York and Pennsylvania were so nearly divided, if their propensity was not against us, that if New England on one side and Virginia on the other had not kept them in awe, they would have joined the British.