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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
A Pictorial History of the United States: With Notices of Other Portions of ... Samuel Griswold Goodrich Affichage du livre entier - 1852 |
A Pictorial History of the United States: With Notices of Other Portions of ... Samuel Griswold Goodrich Affichage du livre entier - 1844 |
A Pictorial History of the United States: With Notices of Other Portions of ... Samuel Griswold Goodrich Affichage du livre entier - 1858 |
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afterward American appear appointed arms army Arnold arrived attack attempt battle became began body Boston Britain British called Captain carried CHAPTER coast Colonel colonies colonists Columbus command congress Connecticut continued death Describe discovered discovery early effect eight engagement England English fifty fire five fleet followed forces formed fort four France French gave give governor guns happened hundred Indians Island John killed king land latter length loss March Massachusetts miles militia North officers party passed peace period persons Point present president prisoners proceeded Quakers raised received remained returned river sailed savages seen sent settled settlement seven severe ships Smith soldiers soon South suffered surrender taken territory thousand took town treaty troops twenty United vessels Virginia Washington West whole wounded York
Fréquemment cités
Page 290 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Page 196 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 323 - Its responsibility has been assumed, after the most mature deliberation and reflection, as necessary to preserve the morals of the people, the freedom of the press, and the purity of the elective franchise...
Page 221 - Be it enacted, That all and every person and persons whatsoever, who shall hereafter teach or cause any slave or slaves to be taught to write, or shall use or employ any slave as a scribe in any manner of writing whatsoever hereafter taught to write, every such person or persons shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds current money.
Page 148 - I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Page 85 - ... to meeting on Sunday, in files on horseback, the farmer holding the bridle in one hand, and a child in the other, his wife seated on a pillion behind him, it may be with a child in her lap, as was the fashion in those days, could not proceed safely ; but, at the moment when least expected, bullets would come whizzing by them, discharged with fatal aim from an ambuscade by the way-side.
Page 331 - ... an act to provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collection, safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue...
Page 246 - May, 1770, my brother returned home for a new recruit of horses and ammunition ; leaving me alone, without bread, salt, or sugar, or even a horse or a dog. I passed a few days uncomfortably. The idea of a beloved wife and family, and their anxiety on my account, would have disposed me to melancholy if I had further indulged the thought. One day, I undertook a tour through the country, when the...
Page 319 - the Colossus of that Congress — the great pillar of support to the Declaration of Independence, and its ablest advocate and champion on the floor of the House, was John Adams.
Page 93 - Penn came without arms ; he declared his purpose to abstain from violence; he had no message but peace; and not a drop of Quaker blood was ever shed by an Indian.