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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... River at Richmond- Expedition of Arnold to Virginia - With his Fleet in the James River - Approach to Richmond - Activity of Jefferson - The Militia - The British at Richmond - Old City Tavern - Baron Steuben - Depredations by British ...
... River at Richmond- Expedition of Arnold to Virginia - With his Fleet in the James River - Approach to Richmond - Activity of Jefferson - The Militia - The British at Richmond - Old City Tavern - Baron Steuben - Depredations by British ...
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... River , between high and low water marks , so that it is covered- and exposed at every ebb and flow of the tide . It is an in- sulated mass of fine - grained granite , or grunstein , ly- ing northwest and southeast on the sands of the river ...
... River , between high and low water marks , so that it is covered- and exposed at every ebb and flow of the tide . It is an in- sulated mass of fine - grained granite , or grunstein , ly- ing northwest and southeast on the sands of the river ...
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... river , and extending from the flat be- low Murderer's Creek to Pollopel's Island . ' It would also rake the river channel at the opening in the Highlands . The chevaux - de - frise were constructed under the superintend- ence of ...
... river , and extending from the flat be- low Murderer's Creek to Pollopel's Island . ' It would also rake the river channel at the opening in the Highlands . The chevaux - de - frise were constructed under the superintend- ence of ...
Side 132
... river at the narrowest point between the rocks just be- low the steam - boat landing , and Constitution Island opposite . It was fixed to huge blocks on each shore , and under the cover of batteries on both sides of the river . The ...
... river at the narrowest point between the rocks just be- low the steam - boat landing , and Constitution Island opposite . It was fixed to huge blocks on each shore , and under the cover of batteries on both sides of the river . The ...
Side 133
... river and adjacent scenery , especially at the northward , is very fine , and should nev- er be unobserved by the visitor . Emerging from the remains of Fort Clinton , the path , traversing the mar- gin of the cliff , passes the ruins ...
... river and adjacent scenery , especially at the northward , is very fine , and should nev- er be unobserved by the visitor . Emerging from the remains of Fort Clinton , the path , traversing the mar- gin of the cliff , passes the ruins ...
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afterward American Andrè appointed army Arnold arrived artillery Assembly attack battle Boston Brandywine bridge British British army Captain captured Carolina chief church Colonel colonies command commander-in-chief Congress Continental Continental army Continental Congress Cornwallis Creek crossed Declaration Delaware Dunmore encamped enemy England erected expedition Fayette feet fire fleet force Fort Mifflin Fort Montgomery French garrison Governor head-quarters Hill honor hundred Indians James James River Jersey John killed king La Fayette land letter liberty Lord Major miles military militia monument morning Narraganset Newport night North officers passed patriots Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia Portrait possession present prisoners redoubt regiment remains residence retreat returned Revolution Rhode Island river road sent settlement side Signature Sir Henry Clinton sketch soldiers soon Stony Point thousand tion Tories town Trenton troops vessels village Virginia visited Washington West Point William Williamsburg wounded York Yorktown
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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.