Annals of Annapolis: Comprising Sundry Notices of that Old City from the Period of the First Settlements in Its Vicinity in the Year 1649, Until the War of 1812 : Together with Various Incidents in the History of Maryland, Derived from Early Records, Public Documents, and Other Sources ; with an Appendix, Containing a Number of Letters from General Washington, and Other Distinguished Persons, which Letters Have Never Been Published BeforeDavid Ridgely Cushing, 1841 - 283 頁 |
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... Province and State of Maryland , have been introduced . The labour in doing this was greater than the com- piler anticipated . But if any reader shall find enter- tainment , or be gratified by its perusal , the Author will not be ...
... Province and State of Maryland , have been introduced . The labour in doing this was greater than the com- piler anticipated . But if any reader shall find enter- tainment , or be gratified by its perusal , the Author will not be ...
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... Province - An Assembly called - Act of Virginia against dissenting Ministers- The Puritans leave Virginia - Take refuge in Maryland - And settle at Providence , now Annapolis - Oath of Fidelity - Mr . Thos . Greene appointed governor in ...
... Province - An Assembly called - Act of Virginia against dissenting Ministers- The Puritans leave Virginia - Take refuge in Maryland - And settle at Providence , now Annapolis - Oath of Fidelity - Mr . Thos . Greene appointed governor in ...
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... Province - Governor Stone makes prepara- tions to reduce Anne Arundel to submission , and marches towards the Severn - Arrives at Herring Creek - Appears in the River Severn - The Golden Lion - Governor Stone's party land on Horn Point ...
... Province - Governor Stone makes prepara- tions to reduce Anne Arundel to submission , and marches towards the Severn - Arrives at Herring Creek - Appears in the River Severn - The Golden Lion - Governor Stone's party land on Horn Point ...
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... Province - Improvements - Appropriation to build a Govern- ment - House - Mr . Jonas Green appointed Printer to the Pro- vince - His character - Editor of the Maryland Gazette - The first public horseracing - Aurora Borealis - South ...
... Province - Improvements - Appropriation to build a Govern- ment - House - Mr . Jonas Green appointed Printer to the Pro- vince - His character - Editor of the Maryland Gazette - The first public horseracing - Aurora Borealis - South ...
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... Province - A Declaration of the Delegates of Mary- land - Meeting of the Associations of the City of Annapolis — Their Proceedings - Maryland Troops leave Annapolis for Philadelphia— Letters from Philadelphia - Appeal to Maryland ...
... Province - A Declaration of the Delegates of Mary- land - Meeting of the Associations of the City of Annapolis — Their Proceedings - Maryland Troops leave Annapolis for Philadelphia— Letters from Philadelphia - Appeal to Maryland ...
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第 213 頁 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
第 214 頁 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
第 214 頁 - Having defended the standard of liberty in this new world, having taught a lesson useful to those who inflict and to those who feel oppression, you retire from the great theatre of action with the blessings of your fellow-citizens.
第 201 頁 - You would have thought the very windows spake, So many greedy looks of young and old Through casements darted their desiring eyes Upon his visage ; and that all the walls With painted imagery had said at once " Jesu preserve thee ! welcome, Bolingbroke ! " Whilst he, from one side to the other turning, Bareheaded, lower than his proud steed's neck, Bespake them thus, — " I thank you, countrymen : " And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along.
第 175 頁 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.
第 213 頁 - You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
第 214 頁 - ... of Almighty God, beseeching him to dispose the hearts and minds of its citizens, to improve the opportunity afforded them of becoming a happy and respectable nation. And for you, we address to him our earnest prayers, that a life so beloved, may be fostered with all his care; that your days may be happy as they have been illustrious; and that he will finally give you that reward which this world cannot give.
第 212 頁 - MR. PRESIDENT : The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them, to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country.
第 91 頁 - ... the first day of May, which shall be in the year of our Lord God one thousand...
第 212 頁 - While I repeat my obligations to the army in general, I should do injustice to my own feelings not to acknowledge in this place the peculiar services and distinguished merits of the gentlemen who have been attached to my person during the war. It was impossible the choice of confidential officers to compose my family should have been more fortunate. Permit me, sir, to recommend in particular those who have continued in the service to the present moment, as worthy of the favorable notice and patronage...