Annals of Annapolis: Comprising Sundry Notices of that Old City from the Period of the First Settlements in Its Vicinity in the Year 1649, Until the War of 1812 : Together with Various Incidents in the History of Maryland, Derived from Early Records, Public Documents, and Other Sources ; with an Appendix, Containing a Number of Letters from General Washington, and Other Distinguished Persons, which Letters Have Never Been Published BeforeDavid Ridgely |
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... Government - Governor Stone re - assumes his office and powers as Governor - Organizes a Military Force - Seizes the Provincial Records - Secures the Arms and Ammunition of the Province - Governor Stone makes prepara- tions.
... Government - Governor Stone re - assumes his office and powers as Governor - Organizes a Military Force - Seizes the Provincial Records - Secures the Arms and Ammunition of the Province - Governor Stone makes prepara- tions.
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... Force - Seizes the Provincial Records - Secures the Arms and Ammunition of the Province - Governor Stone makes prepara- tions to reduce Anne Arundel to submission , and marches towards the Severn - Arrives at Herring Creek - Appears in ...
... Force - Seizes the Provincial Records - Secures the Arms and Ammunition of the Province - Governor Stone makes prepara- tions to reduce Anne Arundel to submission , and marches towards the Severn - Arrives at Herring Creek - Appears in ...
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... force of arms , turned out governor Stone and the Lord Baltimore's other officers , and put others in their places . After a short resistance , governor Stone , in July of this year , again submitted to the authority of the com ...
... force of arms , turned out governor Stone and the Lord Baltimore's other officers , and put others in their places . After a short resistance , governor Stone , in July of this year , again submitted to the authority of the com ...
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... force in the county of St. Mary's , for the purpose of taking possession of the govern- ment . • Of these he despatched a party to the house of Mr. Richard Preston , situated on the river Patuxent , where the provincial records had been ...
... force in the county of St. Mary's , for the purpose of taking possession of the govern- ment . • Of these he despatched a party to the house of Mr. Richard Preston , situated on the river Patuxent , where the provincial records had been ...
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... forces , part of them marching along the bay coast , and the vessels serving to ferry them across the mouths of the rivers . Before they had arrived at Herring creek , ( sometimes called Herring bay , ) in Anne Arundel county , they ...
... forces , part of them marching along the bay coast , and the vessels serving to ferry them across the mouths of the rivers . Before they had arrived at Herring creek , ( sometimes called Herring bay , ) in Anne Arundel county , they ...
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Page 175 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.
Page 212 - ... to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country. 'Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity offered the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign...
Page 111 - The sot-weed factor: or, A voyage to Maryland. A satyr. In which is describ'd, the laws, government, courts and constitutions of the country; and also the buildings, feasts, frolicks, entertainments and drunken humours of the inhabitants of that part of America.
Page 212 - MR. PRESIDENT : The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them, to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country.
Page 112 - St. Mary's once was in repute, Now here the Judges try the Suit, And lawyers twice a Year dispute. As oft the Bench most gravely meet, Some to get Drunk, and some to eat A swinging share of Country Treat.
Page 180 - ... procure an exemption from parliamentary .taxation, and to continue to the legislatures of these colonies the sole and exclusive right of regulating their internal polity, was our original and only motive. To maintain inviolate our liberties and to transmit them unimpaired to posterity, was our duty and first wish ; our next, to continue connected with, and dependent on, Great Britain. For the truth of these assertions...
Page 212 - While I repeat my obligations to the army in general, I should do injustice to my own feelings not to acknowledge in this place the peculiar services and distinguished merits of the gentlemen who have been attached to my person during the war. It was impossible the choice of confidential officers to compose my family should have been more fortunate. Permit me, sir, to recommend in particular those who have continued in the service to the present moment as worthy of the favorable notice and patronage...
Page 179 - States, in framing such further confederation between them, in making foreign alliances, and in adopting such other measures as shall be judged necessary for the preservation of their liberties...
Page 226 - Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Page 254 - I do therefore by and with the advice of the Counsel, and at the desire of the Representatives in General Court assembled, issue this PROCLAMATION, and make the solemn Appeal to the Virtue and public Spirit of the good People of this Colony. Affairs are hastening fast to a Crisis, and the approaching Campaign will in all Probability determine forever the fate of AMERICA.