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 iv
... Quaker Hill - Scene of the Engage- ment - Loss of the Belligerents - Evacuation of Rhode Island by the Americans - Return of La Fayette from Boston - Ex- pedition against New Bedford- Murmurings against the French - Evacuation of Rhode ...
... Quaker Hill - Scene of the Engage- ment - Loss of the Belligerents - Evacuation of Rhode Island by the Americans - Return of La Fayette from Boston - Ex- pedition against New Bedford- Murmurings against the French - Evacuation of Rhode ...
Side v
... Quakers - Howe's Plans - Injudicious Disposition of the British Troops - Augmentation of Washington's Forces -Successful Diversion by Putnam in favor of Washington -The American Army cross the Delaware on Christmas Night - The Battle in ...
... Quakers - Howe's Plans - Injudicious Disposition of the British Troops - Augmentation of Washington's Forces -Successful Diversion by Putnam in favor of Washington -The American Army cross the Delaware on Christmas Night - The Battle in ...
Side ix
... Quaker Marriage - Centenarian Preacher - James- town - The Yadkin - Salisbury - Night with a Cotton Planter -A Patriot's Grave - Charlotte and its Historical Associa tions - Mecklenburg Convention and Declaration - History of the Event ...
... Quaker Marriage - Centenarian Preacher - James- town - The Yadkin - Salisbury - Night with a Cotton Planter -A Patriot's Grave - Charlotte and its Historical Associa tions - Mecklenburg Convention and Declaration - History of the Event ...
Side xi
... Quaker Hill , from the Fort on Butts's Hill . 50. View Northward from Butts's Hill 51. Portrait and Sign - manuel of King Philip .. 52. Three Signatures of chief Warriors of King Philip . 53. Handwriting of Elliot and Gookin . 52 103 ...
... Quaker Hill , from the Fort on Butts's Hill . 50. View Northward from Butts's Hill 51. Portrait and Sign - manuel of King Philip .. 52. Three Signatures of chief Warriors of King Philip . 53. Handwriting of Elliot and Gookin . 52 103 ...
Side 4
... Quaker Hill in 1778 - Encampment of the Americans on Butts's Hill - Hold Council of War - The Enemy allowed to collect on Quaker and Turkey Hill - British open Canon- ade - Returned by Americans - Skirmishes ensue - Arrival of British ...
... Quaker Hill in 1778 - Encampment of the Americans on Butts's Hill - Hold Council of War - The Enemy allowed to collect on Quaker and Turkey Hill - British open Canon- ade - Returned by Americans - Skirmishes ensue - Arrival of British ...
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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.