The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence, Tom 2Harper & Bros., 1852 - 30 |
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Strona iv
... Fayette from Boston - Ex- pedition against New Bedford- Murmurings against the French - Evacuation of Rhode Island by the British - Severe Winter - Sir Robert Pigot - Return of La Fayette to France -His Zeal and Success - Washington ...
... Fayette from Boston - Ex- pedition against New Bedford- Murmurings against the French - Evacuation of Rhode Island by the British - Severe Winter - Sir Robert Pigot - Return of La Fayette to France -His Zeal and Success - Washington ...
Strona v
... Fayette cannonaded - Relieved by Sir Henry Clinton -Galley with Ordnance sunk at Caldwell's - Medal awarded to Wayne - His Popularity - Medal awarded to Colonel De Fleury - Promised Rewards for the bravest Men - Division of the Spoils ...
... Fayette cannonaded - Relieved by Sir Henry Clinton -Galley with Ordnance sunk at Caldwell's - Medal awarded to Wayne - His Popularity - Medal awarded to Colonel De Fleury - Promised Rewards for the bravest Men - Division of the Spoils ...
Strona vi
... Fayette on Barren Hill - Maneu vers of the two Armies - The British deceived - Retreat of La Fayette across the Schuylkill to Valley Forge - Generals Poor and Woedtke - Iron Ore near the Schuylkill - Consho hocken - Its Industry ...
... Fayette on Barren Hill - Maneu vers of the two Armies - The British deceived - Retreat of La Fayette across the Schuylkill to Valley Forge - Generals Poor and Woedtke - Iron Ore near the Schuylkill - Consho hocken - Its Industry ...
Strona viii
... Fayette at Petersburg - Death of Phillips - Entrance of Cornwallis into Virginia The State in Danger - Retirement of Governor Jefferson - Monticello - Cornwallis's unsuccessful Pursuit of La Fayette - Expeditions Westward - Jefferson's ...
... Fayette at Petersburg - Death of Phillips - Entrance of Cornwallis into Virginia The State in Danger - Retirement of Governor Jefferson - Monticello - Cornwallis's unsuccessful Pursuit of La Fayette - Expeditions Westward - Jefferson's ...
Strona xiii
... Fayette's Quarters . 378 253 284. View at Chad's Ford .. 379 380 256 286. Signature of Colonel Theodore Bland 380 383 385 262 289. Chad's House 386 387 267 267 292. Initial Letter .. 271 294. Pulaski's Banner .. 271 295. The Congress ...
... Fayette's Quarters . 378 253 284. View at Chad's Ford .. 379 380 256 286. Signature of Colonel Theodore Bland 380 383 385 262 289. Chad's House 386 387 267 267 292. Initial Letter .. 271 294. Pulaski's Banner .. 271 295. The Congress ...
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Strona 496 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Strona 497 - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Strona 272 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Strona 496 - ... we must fight! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Strona 496 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Strona 272 - He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitutions, and unacknowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation : For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us . For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states ; For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world...
Strona 273 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Strona 273 - For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world; For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent; For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of Trial by Jury; For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses...
Strona 280 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Strona 280 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise, the state remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.