Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania: Containing a Copious Selection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Relating to Its History and Antiquities, Both General and Local, with Topographical Descriptions of Every County and All the Larger Towns in the StateG. W. Gorton, 1843 - 708 頁 |
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... population of which he already esti- mated at about four thousand . Having thus established his colony upon the broad principles of Chris- tian charity and constitutional freedom , he left the executive power in the hands of the council ...
... population of which he already esti- mated at about four thousand . Having thus established his colony upon the broad principles of Chris- tian charity and constitutional freedom , he left the executive power in the hands of the council ...
第 66 頁
... population of Pittsburg , in 1786 , was by estimate about 500 ; in 1796 , according to the assessor's lists , 1,395 ; in 1810 , about 5,000 ; in 1820 , 7,248 ; in 1830 , including Allegheny and the suburbs , 21,912 ; and in 1840 ...
... population of Pittsburg , in 1786 , was by estimate about 500 ; in 1796 , according to the assessor's lists , 1,395 ; in 1810 , about 5,000 ; in 1820 , 7,248 ; in 1830 , including Allegheny and the suburbs , 21,912 ; and in 1840 ...
第 70 頁
... population within this region has been estimated at 60,000 , but since the census of 1840 it is found that that estimate was too large . It will be seen that the population of Allegheny county is , whites , 81,417 - colored , 2,101 ...
... population within this region has been estimated at 60,000 , but since the census of 1840 it is found that that estimate was too large . It will be seen that the population of Allegheny county is , whites , 81,417 - colored , 2,101 ...
第 81 頁
... population . In 1784 , Arthur Lee , a conspicuous diplomatist during our Revolution , passed through Pittsburg . In his journal we find the following notice of this place : " Pittsburg is inhabited almost entirely by Scots and Irish ...
... population . In 1784 , Arthur Lee , a conspicuous diplomatist during our Revolution , passed through Pittsburg . In his journal we find the following notice of this place : " Pittsburg is inhabited almost entirely by Scots and Irish ...
第 83 頁
... population - repairing to this beautiful eminence . It was considered so essential to the comfort and recreation of the inhabitants , that they could scarcely imagine how a town could exist without its Grant's hill ! There was a fine ...
... population - repairing to this beautiful eminence . It was considered so essential to the comfort and recreation of the inhabitants , that they could scarcely imagine how a town could exist without its Grant's hill ! There was a fine ...
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第 468 頁 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it. I have killed many. I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
第 576 頁 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
第 377 頁 - And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may live, and not die.
第 585 頁 - I do not mean to cast any reflection upon any sect or person whatsoever ; but, as there is such a multitude of sects, and such a diversity of opinion amongst them, I desire to keep the tender minds of the orphans, who are to derive advantage from this bequest, free from the excitement, which clashing doctrines and sectarian controversy are so apt to produce...
第 75 頁 - I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me.
第 569 頁 - New York declared they were for it themselves, and were assured their constituents were for it, but that their instructions having been drawn near a twelvemonth before, when reconciliation was still the general object, they were enjoined by them to do nothing which should impede that object. They therefore thought themselves not justifiable in voting on either side and asked leave to withdraw from the question, which was given them.
第 13 頁 - ... distance from New Castle, northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.
第 267 頁 - Alone, yet not alone am I, Though in this solitude so drear ; * I feel my Saviour always nigh, He comes the weary hour to cheer. I am with him and he with me, — E'en here alone I cannot be !" The Colonel desired her to sing the hymn as she used to do.
第 90 頁 - This was a whole day's work, we next got it launched then went on board of it and set off. But before we were half way over we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish.
第 405 頁 - The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull, but endless, repetition of the Fulton Folly.