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 viii
... Colonel Scammel - York- town and Gloucester invested - General Arrangements of the land and naval Forces - French Officers - Biographical Sketch of Lieutenant colonel Stevens - Position of the American Corps - Approach by Parallels ...
... Colonel Scammel - York- town and Gloucester invested - General Arrangements of the land and naval Forces - French Officers - Biographical Sketch of Lieutenant colonel Stevens - Position of the American Corps - Approach by Parallels ...
Side ix
... Colonel Sevier - Frank- land - Death and Grave of Ferguson and some Patriots - Ex- ecution of Tories - One of Sumter's Men - Route to the Cow . pens - Southern Houses - Thicketty Mountains - Cowpens Battle ground - Morgan's Army ...
... Colonel Sevier - Frank- land - Death and Grave of Ferguson and some Patriots - Ex- ecution of Tories - One of Sumter's Men - Route to the Cow . pens - Southern Houses - Thicketty Mountains - Cowpens Battle ground - Morgan's Army ...
Side 6
... Colonel Fanning . 434. Autograph of a Regulator . 435. Portrait of Colonel Fanning 436. Signature of Joseph Leech 437. Signature of Christopher Neale 438. Regulator Battle - ground .. 439. Signature of James Hasell .. 567 523. Scene in ...
... Colonel Fanning . 434. Autograph of a Regulator . 435. Portrait of Colonel Fanning 436. Signature of Joseph Leech 437. Signature of Christopher Neale 438. Regulator Battle - ground .. 439. Signature of James Hasell .. 567 523. Scene in ...
Side 7
... Colonel W. Polk .. 536. Signature of Colonel Malmedy . 537. Signature of Captain Rudulph 538. Gold Medal awarded to Greene .. 539. View at Nelson's Ferry 540. Site of Fort Watson .. 541 Marion's Residence 542 , Initial Letter .Page 700 ...
... Colonel W. Polk .. 536. Signature of Colonel Malmedy . 537. Signature of Captain Rudulph 538. Gold Medal awarded to Greene .. 539. View at Nelson's Ferry 540. Site of Fort Watson .. 541 Marion's Residence 542 , Initial Letter .Page 700 ...
Side 8
... Colonel Rall 173. Trenton Bridge and Vicinity .. 174. Friends ' Meeting - house , near Princeton . 175. Plan of the Battle of Princeton . 176. View of the Battle - ground , near Princeton . 177. Monument to General Mercer 178. Nassau ...
... Colonel Rall 173. Trenton Bridge and Vicinity .. 174. Friends ' Meeting - house , near Princeton . 175. Plan of the Battle of Princeton . 176. View of the Battle - ground , near Princeton . 177. Monument to General Mercer 178. Nassau ...
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Side 503 - 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 548 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Side 249 - The Body Of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stript of its lettering and gilding,) Lies here, food for worms. But the work shall not be lost, For it will, as he believed, appear once more, In a new and more elegant edition, Revised and corrected By THE AUTHOR.
Side 502 - Our petitions have been slighted ; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded, and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne!
Side 278 - 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 279 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce.
Side 502 - The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Side 279 - 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 279 - 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 502 - 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.