The American Historical Record, Volume 1Benson John Lossing Chase & Town, 1872 - United States |
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... River , oppo- site Fort Meig's , early in May 1813. Te- cumseh had fallen upon our rear , and we were compelled to surrender . We were marched down to old Fort Miami or Maumee , in squads , where a terrible scene awaited us . The ...
... River , oppo- site Fort Meig's , early in May 1813. Te- cumseh had fallen upon our rear , and we were compelled to surrender . We were marched down to old Fort Miami or Maumee , in squads , where a terrible scene awaited us . The ...
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... River , and fall back to Portsmouth , on the Elizabeth River , opposite Norfolk . This expulsion of the invaders from the Virginia Peninsula had taken place just before this letter was written , and Lafayette was satisfied that it would ...
... River , and fall back to Portsmouth , on the Elizabeth River , opposite Norfolk . This expulsion of the invaders from the Virginia Peninsula had taken place just before this letter was written , and Lafayette was satisfied that it would ...
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... Rivers , which form the Maumee River . At the date of this letter , Captain James Rhea , a native of New Jersey , and who was lieutenant and adjutant of " Rhea's Levies , " in 1791 , was in command of the little garrison of seventy men ...
... Rivers , which form the Maumee River . At the date of this letter , Captain James Rhea , a native of New Jersey , and who was lieutenant and adjutant of " Rhea's Levies , " in 1791 , was in command of the little garrison of seventy men ...
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... River , includ- ing one of the adjacent islands . Traditionary rumors prevail among the ignorant inhabitants of that vicinity , that the pirate Captain Kidd buried a portion of his plundered wealth upon that island . Goblin sights ...
... River , includ- ing one of the adjacent islands . Traditionary rumors prevail among the ignorant inhabitants of that vicinity , that the pirate Captain Kidd buried a portion of his plundered wealth upon that island . Goblin sights ...
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... River , " by E. M. Ruttenber , author of a of about 400 pp . on " The Indian Tribes of Hud- History of Newburgh , " and " Obstructions to the Navigation of Hudson's River . " 66 The same publisher announces , as nearly ready . " A ...
... River , " by E. M. Ruttenber , author of a of about 400 pp . on " The Indian Tribes of Hud- History of Newburgh , " and " Obstructions to the Navigation of Hudson's River . " 66 The same publisher announces , as nearly ready . " A ...
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Page 171 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 154 - Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line; provided however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that, if congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan.
Page 154 - ... a direct line drawn from the Wabash and Post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada; and by the said territorial line to the Lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Page 389 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
Page 157 - Miami river of the lake, then and in that case, with the assent of the Congress of the United States, the northern boundary of this State shall be established by, and extend to, a direct line running from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Miami bay...
Page 154 - The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from post Vincents to the Ohio ; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Page 427 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 323 - THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 550 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Page 65 - In place of that noble love of liberty and republican government which carried us triumphantly through the war, an Anglican monarchical aristocratical party has sprung up, whose avowed object is to draw over us the substance,, as they have already done the forms, of the British government.