Portrait and Biographical Album of Sumner County, Kansas: Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County, Together with Portraits & Biographies of All the Governors of the State and the Presidents of the United StatesChapman bros., 1885 - 432 頁 |
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... spring of 1776 , when 26 years of age , he was elected a member of the Virginia Convention , to frame the constitution of the State . The next year ( 1777 ) , he was a candidate for the General Assembly . He refused to treat the whisky ...
... spring of 1776 , when 26 years of age , he was elected a member of the Virginia Convention , to frame the constitution of the State . The next year ( 1777 ) , he was a candidate for the General Assembly . He refused to treat the whisky ...
第 39 頁
... spring of 1782 , he accompanied his father to Paris , traveling leisurely , and forming acquaintance with the most distinguished men on the Continent ; examining architectural remains , galleries of paintings , and all renowned works of ...
... spring of 1782 , he accompanied his father to Paris , traveling leisurely , and forming acquaintance with the most distinguished men on the Continent ; examining architectural remains , galleries of paintings , and all renowned works of ...
第 48 頁
... springs of action ; how to pull all the wires to put his machinery in motion ; and how to organize a political army which would , secretly and stealthily accomplish the most gigantic results . these powers it is said that he outwitted ...
... springs of action ; how to pull all the wires to put his machinery in motion ; and how to organize a political army which would , secretly and stealthily accomplish the most gigantic results . these powers it is said that he outwitted ...
第 51 頁
... spring of 1800 the North - western Territory was divided by Congress into two portions . The eastern portion , comprising the region now embraced in the State of Ohio , was called " The Territory north - west of the Ohio . " The western ...
... spring of 1800 the North - western Territory was divided by Congress into two portions . The eastern portion , comprising the region now embraced in the State of Ohio , was called " The Territory north - west of the Ohio . " The western ...
第 96 頁
... springs of his being , and to a more than usual degree . In my judgment there is no more interesting feature of his character than his loyal allegiance to the body of Christians in which he was trained , and the fervent sympathy which ...
... springs of his being , and to a more than usual degree . In my judgment there is no more interesting feature of his character than his loyal allegiance to the body of Christians in which he was trained , and the fervent sympathy which ...
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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 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 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 23 頁 - the greatest question was decided that ever was debated in America; and greater, perhaps, never was or wiL be decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, ' that these United States are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states.
第 108 頁 - Gifted witli quick perception, a logical mind and a ready tongue, he is one of the most distinguished impromptu speakers in the Nation. Many of these speeches sparkled with the rarest of eloquence and contained arguments of greatest weight. Many of his terse statements have already become aphorisms. Original in thought, precise in logic, terse in statement, yet withal faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as the sound statesman and brilliant orator o- tue day 108 "«Vggl gjffrg&'t«Q_fcgJgg ,...
第 104 頁 - ... Thomas F. Bayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, Benjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc.: and he was elected by the people, by a majority of about a thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Republican statesman, James G.
第 99 頁 - Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with his slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when they were discovered and freed. The Judge decided that they could not be held by the owner under the Fugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the Attorney General of that State to assist in #n appeal, Wm.
第 47 頁 - Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short years she sank into the grave, the victim of consumption, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record of those years is barren in items of public
第 108 頁 - Col. Harrison employed all his time at first mastering military tactics and drilling his men, when he therefore came to move toward the East with Sherman his regiment was one of the best Drilled and organized in the army.
第 83 頁 - His parents, belonging to the class of the "poor whites " of the South, were in such circumstances, that they could not confer even tne slightest advantages of education upon their child. When Andrew was five years of age, his father accidentally lost his life while herorically endeavoring to save a friend from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew was a ragged boy...