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, Bind 2Harper & Bros., 1852 - 30 sider |
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Side iii
... London Common Council - Persecution of Stephen Sayre - Tenor of the King's Speech - His false Hopes -Warm Debates in Parliament - Duke of Grafton in Opposi tion - The Colonies placed under martial Law - Augmenta- tion of the Army and ...
... London Common Council - Persecution of Stephen Sayre - Tenor of the King's Speech - His false Hopes -Warm Debates in Parliament - Duke of Grafton in Opposi tion - The Colonies placed under martial Law - Augmenta- tion of the Army and ...
Side xi
... London Harbor 35 91. Signature of La Radiere . 136 36 92. View of West Point in 1780 . 136 38 93. Signature of Duportail .. 136 39 94. Map of West Point 137 39 95. Ruins of Fort Putnam , as seen from Fort Webb . 139 41 96. View from ...
... London Harbor 35 91. Signature of La Radiere . 136 36 92. View of West Point in 1780 . 136 38 93. Signature of Duportail .. 136 39 94. Map of West Point 137 39 95. Ruins of Fort Putnam , as seen from Fort Webb . 139 41 96. View from ...
Side 1
... London to George III . relative to establishing arbitrary Power in America - Of Common Coun cil to the same , 17 ; Of London Merchants and others to George III concerning acts of Parliament - Counter Ad- dresses and others , 18 : Of ...
... London to George III . relative to establishing arbitrary Power in America - Of Common Coun cil to the same , 17 ; Of London Merchants and others to George III concerning acts of Parliament - Counter Ad- dresses and others , 18 : Of ...
Side 2
... London , 43 ; His Infancy , 44 ; His Dispatches to Sir Henry Clinton , 45 ; Landing - place of , near New London , 43 , 50 ; Weakens great Chain across Hudson River , 138 ; Appointed by Washington military Governor of Philadelphia ...
... London , 43 ; His Infancy , 44 ; His Dispatches to Sir Henry Clinton , 45 ; Landing - place of , near New London , 43 , 50 ; Weakens great Chain across Hudson River , 138 ; Appointed by Washington military Governor of Philadelphia ...
Side 7
... London and Plymouth Companies granted by James I. in 1606 , 451 ; Second Charter granted to London Company in 1612 , 457 . Chase , Samuel , Notice of , 402 . Chasseurs arrive at New York in 1776 , 820 . Chastellux , Francis John ...
... London and Plymouth Companies granted by James I. in 1606 , 451 ; Second Charter granted to London Company in 1612 , 457 . Chase , Samuel , Notice of , 402 . Chasseurs arrive at New York in 1776 , 820 . Chastellux , Francis John ...
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Side 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.
Side 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!
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.