Life and Letters of Samuel Holden Parsons: Major-general in the Continental Army and Chief Judge of the Northwestern Territory, 1737-1789Otseningo Publishing Company, 1905 - 601 halaman |
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... soon after removed to Saybrook as the agent of Governor Fenwick . He took up the first tract of land in Lyme , and became one of the largest landholders in that town ; and was several times deputy to the General Court . His son ...
... soon after removed to Saybrook as the agent of Governor Fenwick . He took up the first tract of land in Lyme , and became one of the largest landholders in that town ; and was several times deputy to the General Court . His son ...
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... soon as possible . We consider the cause the common cause of all the Colonies , and doubt not the concurrence of all to defend and support you . Let us play the man for the cause of our Country and trust the event to Him who orders all ...
... soon as possible . We consider the cause the common cause of all the Colonies , and doubt not the concurrence of all to defend and support you . Let us play the man for the cause of our Country and trust the event to Him who orders all ...
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... soon as possible after the commencement of hostilities , also enlisted when told the object of the expedition . The rendezvous was at Castleton where about two hundred and seventy men assembled and where Arnold joined them with a few ...
... soon as possible after the commencement of hostilities , also enlisted when told the object of the expedition . The rendezvous was at Castleton where about two hundred and seventy men assembled and where Arnold joined them with a few ...
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... Soon after noon the first detachment of the British landed on the northern side of the peninsula near the Mystic River , and so far to the left of the front of the Fort that it was in imminent danger of being flanked . Seeing this ...
... Soon after noon the first detachment of the British landed on the northern side of the peninsula near the Mystic River , and so far to the left of the front of the Fort that it was in imminent danger of being flanked . Seeing this ...
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... soon expected . Lt. Bingham of Lyme who was sup- posed to be killed , is well and returned to camp safe . Robert Hallum is wounded . He discharged 28 cartridges without retreat- ing one foot , 8 of which was after he was wounded . Thos ...
... soon expected . Lt. Bingham of Lyme who was sup- posed to be killed , is well and returned to camp safe . Robert Hallum is wounded . He discharged 28 cartridges without retreat- ing one foot , 8 of which was after he was wounded . Thos ...
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Halaman 505 - The rapid population of the State of Ohio sufficiently evinces, in the opinion of your Committee, that the labor of slaves is not necessary to promote the growth and settlement of colonies in that region.
Halaman 189 - The hand of Providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations.
Halaman 536 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Halaman 474 - There are in the town four attorneys, two doctors, and not a priest of any persuasion, nor church, nor chapel ; so that they are likely to be damned, without the benefit of clergy.
Halaman 462 - An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted rights and liberties of human nature for which they have fought and bled, and without which the high rank of a rational being is a curse instead of a blessing.
Halaman 543 - No colony in America was ever settled under such favorable auspices as that which has just commenced at Muskingum.
Halaman 190 - An unfortunate storm, and some measures taken in consequence of it by the French admiral, blasted in one moment the fairest hopes that ever were conceived ; and, from a moral certainty of success, rendered it a matter of rejoicing to get our own troops safe off the island. If the garrison of that place, consisting of nearly six thousand men, had been captured, as there was, in appearance at least, a hundred to one in favor of it, it would have given the finishing blow to British pretensions of sovereignty...
Halaman 522 - The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district, such laws of the original states, criminal and civil, as may be necessary, and best suited to the circumstances of the district, and report them to Congress, from time to time, which laws shall be in force in the district until the organization of the general assembly therein, unless disapproved of by Congress; but afterwards, the legislature shall have authority to alter them as they shall think fit.
Halaman 583 - For my own part, there was not a moment during the revolution, when I would not have given everything I possessed for a restoration to the state of things before the contest began, provided we could have had a sufficient security for its continuance.
Halaman 18 - Resolved, That the speaker of this House do transmit to the speakers of the different assemblies of the British colonies on this continent copies of the said resolutions, and desire that they will lay them before their respective assemblies, and request them to appoint some person or persons of their respective bodies to communicate from time to time with the said committee.