The Magazine of History: With Notes and Queries. Extra numbers, Issue 13, Volume 4 - Issue 16, Volume 4W. Abbatt., 1911 |
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Page 187
... United States . In the year 1785 , his country chose him , by their general suf- frage , Governor and Commander - in - Chief of the State , which office he executed with fidelity , and discharged its various duties with becoming ...
... United States . In the year 1785 , his country chose him , by their general suf- frage , Governor and Commander - in - Chief of the State , which office he executed with fidelity , and discharged its various duties with becoming ...
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... United Colonies the duties of the companies composing the Chatham regiment were onerous . Gradually , however , domestic peace was confirmed . In the restora- tion of order and tranquillity the militia of Georgia rendered efficient ...
... United Colonies the duties of the companies composing the Chatham regiment were onerous . Gradually , however , domestic peace was confirmed . In the restora- tion of order and tranquillity the militia of Georgia rendered efficient ...
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... United States , completes the present party in Fort Lafayette , with the exception of one who is in close confinement on the charge of having been at the head of the rioters in New York a short time since ; what is to be known of him is ...
... United States , completes the present party in Fort Lafayette , with the exception of one who is in close confinement on the charge of having been at the head of the rioters in New York a short time since ; what is to be known of him is ...
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... United States Sec- retary of War issued an order for his arrest , and instructed the officer making the arrest to deliberately deceive his prisoner by an assurance that he was merely required for an hour at a Provost Marshal's office ...
... United States Sec- retary of War issued an order for his arrest , and instructed the officer making the arrest to deliberately deceive his prisoner by an assurance that he was merely required for an hour at a Provost Marshal's office ...
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... United States Government in furnish- ing them , the same as its own common soldiers . As soon as what remains of the abundance in the eating line from purchases on our own account at the village of Fort Hamilton , and donations by New ...
... United States Government in furnish- ing them , the same as its own common soldiers . As soon as what remains of the abundance in the eating line from purchases on our own account at the village of Fort Hamilton , and donations by New ...
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Page 189 - The which observed, a man may prophesy, With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life ; which in their seeds, And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Such things become the hatch and brood of time...
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Page 236 - Let him follow me ! By oppression's woes and pains ! By your sons in servile chains ! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free ! Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe ! Liberty's in every blow ! — Let us do or die ! 1 1 " So may God ever defend the cause of truth and liberty, as He did that day ! Amen.
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Page 187 - Congress, a vote of thanks, and promotion to the rank of brigadier general in the army of the United States.
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Page 303 - This noble affection, which impels us to sacrifice every thing dear, even life itself, to our country, involves in it a common sympathy and tenderness for every citizen, and must ever have a particular feeling for one who suffers in a public cause.