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, 第 2 卷Harper & Bros., 1852 - 30 頁 |
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... Point - Fortifications there - An Acrostic - Redoubt on Plum Point Chevaux - de - frise - Anecdote Head quarters of ... West Point . Page 98-129 CHAPTER VI . West Point and its Associations - Mrs . Faugeres - Sufferings of Mrs. Bleeker ...
... Point - Fortifications there - An Acrostic - Redoubt on Plum Point Chevaux - de - frise - Anecdote Head quarters of ... West Point . Page 98-129 CHAPTER VI . West Point and its Associations - Mrs . Faugeres - Sufferings of Mrs. Bleeker ...
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... Point - The Negro Spy - Condition of Stony Point - Wayne's Proposition to storm it - Biography of Wayne - His Monu ... West Point , thence to Tappan - His Dis- closures to Tallmadge - His Case and Hale's compared- Bridge over Sleepy ...
... Point - The Negro Spy - Condition of Stony Point - Wayne's Proposition to storm it - Biography of Wayne - His Monu ... West Point , thence to Tappan - His Dis- closures to Tallmadge - His Case and Hale's compared- Bridge over Sleepy ...
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... Point . • 35. Signatures of the Commissioners 36. Old Tower at Newport . 37. Inscription on Dighton Rock . 38 ... West Point in 1780 136 38 93. Signature of Duportail ... 136 39 94. Map of West Point 137 39 95. Ruins of Fort Putnam , as ...
... Point . • 35. Signatures of the Commissioners 36. Old Tower at Newport . 37. Inscription on Dighton Rock . 38 ... West Point in 1780 136 38 93. Signature of Duportail ... 136 39 94. Map of West Point 137 39 95. Ruins of Fort Putnam , as ...
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... West Church was converted to the same use . Liberty Tree , noticed on page ... point where it first struck , and there it remains . March 18 , 1776 ... Point Shirly . Thirteen armed boats from the British vessels attacked them , and a ...
... West Church was converted to the same use . Liberty Tree , noticed on page ... point where it first struck , and there it remains . March 18 , 1776 ... Point Shirly . Thirteen armed boats from the British vessels attacked them , and a ...
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... point , commanding the Mystic and the country northward from Charlestown ... Point , was very extensive . The ramparts and irregular bastion , which commanded ... west of Highland Street , on land owned by the Honorable B. F. Cope- 2 ...
... point , commanding the Mystic and the country northward from Charlestown ... Point , was very extensive . The ramparts and irregular bastion , which commanded ... west of Highland Street , on land owned by the Honorable B. F. Cope- 2 ...
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第 502 頁 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged, their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable; and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry Peace, peace!
第 503 頁 - 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!
第 278 頁 - 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.
第 279 頁 - 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...
第 502 頁 - 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?
第 314 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 285 頁 - NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
第 276 頁 - 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.
第 548 頁 - 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.
第 105 頁 - I am much at a loss to conceive what part of my conduct could have given encouragement to an address which to me seems big with the greatest mischiefs that can befall my country. If I am not deceived in the knowledge of myself, you could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.