Portrait and Biographical Album of Newaygo County, Mich., Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County ...: Also Containing a Complete History of the County, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present TimeChapman bros., 1884 - 8 頁 |
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第 19 頁
... England . His great - grand- father , John Washington , em- igrated to Virginia about 1657 , and became a prosperous planter . He had two sons , Lawrence and John . The former married Mildred Warner and had three children , John ...
... England . His great - grand- father , John Washington , em- igrated to Virginia about 1657 , and became a prosperous planter . He had two sons , Lawrence and John . The former married Mildred Warner and had three children , John ...
第 20 頁
... England were plainly apparent . The battles of Con- cord and Lexington had been fought . Among the first acts of this Congress was the election of a com- mander - in - chief of the colonial forces . This high and responsible office was ...
... England were plainly apparent . The battles of Con- cord and Lexington had been fought . Among the first acts of this Congress was the election of a com- mander - in - chief of the colonial forces . This high and responsible office was ...
第 23 頁
... England about 1640 , with a family of eight sons , and settled at Braintree . The parents of John were John and Susannah ( Boylston ) Adams . His father was a farmer of limited means , to which he added the bus- iness of shoemaking . He ...
... England about 1640 , with a family of eight sons , and settled at Braintree . The parents of John were John and Susannah ( Boylston ) Adams . His father was a farmer of limited means , to which he added the bus- iness of shoemaking . He ...
第 24 頁
... England to drink the waters of Bath . While in England , still drooping and despond- ing , he received dispatches from his own government urging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to negotiate another loan . It was winter , his ...
... England to drink the waters of Bath . While in England , still drooping and despond- ing , he received dispatches from his own government urging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to negotiate another loan . It was winter , his ...
第 27 頁
... England had awakened the spirit of resistance of the American Colonies , and the enlarged views which Jefferson had ever entertained , soon led him into active political life . In 1769 he was chosen a member of the Virginia House of ...
... England had awakened the spirit of resistance of the American Colonies , and the enlarged views which Jefferson had ever entertained , soon led him into active political life . In 1769 he was chosen a member of the Virginia House of ...
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第 27 頁 - July; and at the same time, it was voted that a committee be appointed to prepare a Declaration to the effect of the resolution. This committee was elected by ballot, on the following day, and consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston.
第 40 頁 - Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to the Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then was elected Senator of the United States for six years, from the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his ability and his experience, placed him immediately among the most promiitent and influential members of that body.
第 23 頁 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
第 181 頁 - I'M but a stranger here, Heaven is my home ; Earth is a desert drear, Heaven is my home : Danger and sorrow stand Round me on every hand ; Heaven is my fatherland, — Heaven is my home.
第 146 頁 - I recommend you at an early day to make manifest to the gentlemen who represent this State in the two Houses of Congress, and to the country, that Michigan is loyal to the Union, the Constitution, and the laws and will defend them to the uttermost ; and to proffer to the President of the United States, the whole military power of the State for that purpose. Oh, for the firm, steady hand of a Washington, or a Jackson, to guide the ship of State in this perilous storm ! Let us hope that we will find...
第 181 頁 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
第 23 頁 - school of affliction," from which he endeavored to gain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the study of law. For this purpose he placed himself under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He had thought seriously of the clerical profession but seems to have been turned from this by what he termed " the frightful engines of ecclesiastical counjils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,'' of the operations of which he had been a witness in his native town.
第 24 頁 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory.
第 154 頁 - The credit of no State stands higher than that of Michigan, and the people can not afford, and I trust will not consent, to have her good name tarnished by the repudiation of either legal or moral obligations.
第 44 頁 - While he was lingering upon a bed of suffering news came that the Indians, who had combined under Tecumseh from Florida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white settlers, were committing the most awful ravages. Decisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with his fractured...