Lives of the Signers to the Declaration of IndependenceW. Reed & Company, 1829 - 460 頁 |
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第 51 頁
... elected president , and Charles Thompson , a citizen of Philadelphia , was chosen secretary . The attention of this celebrated congress was at an early date turned towards the province of Massachusetts , and the city of Boston ; and the ...
... elected president , and Charles Thompson , a citizen of Philadelphia , was chosen secretary . The attention of this celebrated congress was at an early date turned towards the province of Massachusetts , and the city of Boston ; and the ...
第 80 頁
... elected , until the year 1785 , when he resigned . After an interval of two years , he was re - elected to the same office , in which he was continued to the time of his death , which took place on the 8th of October , 1793 , and in the ...
... elected , until the year 1785 , when he resigned . After an interval of two years , he was re - elected to the same office , in which he was continued to the time of his death , which took place on the 8th of October , 1793 , and in the ...
第 84 頁
... elected a representative to the general court of Massachusetts , from the town of Boston . From this pe- riod , during the whole revolutionary struggle , he was the bold , persevering , and efficient supporter of the rights of his ...
... elected a representative to the general court of Massachusetts , from the town of Boston . From this pe- riod , during the whole revolutionary struggle , he was the bold , persevering , and efficient supporter of the rights of his ...
第 89 頁
... elected lieutenant governor , and held that office till 1794 ; when , upon the death of Hancock , he was chosen governor , and was annually re - elected till 1797 , when he retired from public life . This retirement , however , he did ...
... elected lieutenant governor , and held that office till 1794 ; when , upon the death of Hancock , he was chosen governor , and was annually re - elected till 1797 , when he retired from public life . This retirement , however , he did ...
第 96 頁
... elected one of the representatives in the general assembly , an honour to which the people would not have called him , had he lost their confidence and affection . In the year 1773 , and 1774 , he was chosen a counsellor by the members ...
... elected one of the representatives in the general assembly , an honour to which the people would not have called him , had he lost their confidence and affection . In the year 1773 , and 1774 , he was chosen a counsellor by the members ...
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第 393 頁 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
第 2 頁 - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an act, entitled " an Act, supplementary to an act) entitled an Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
第 53 頁 - But, from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such acts of the British parliament, as are bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America,...
第 64 頁 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
第 125 頁 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
第 393 頁 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority...
第 63 頁 - Mr. President — Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me, in this appointment, yet I feel great distress, from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust. However, as the Congress desire it, I will enter upon the momentous duty, and exert every power I possess in their service, and for the support of the glorious cause.
第 362 頁 - Resolved, That by two royal charters, granted by king James the first, the colonists aforesaid, are declared entitled to all the privileges, liberties, and immunities, of denizens and natural born subjects, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been abiding and born within the realm of England.
第 380 頁 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — [" Treason " cried the Speaker ; " treason ! treason ! " echoed from every part of the house.
第 39 頁 - The Americans have not acted in all things with prudence and temper: they have been wronged: they have been driven to madness by injustice. Will you punish them for the madness you have occasioned? Rather let prudence and temper come first from this side.