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... minds , after they had pitched their tents on the frozen banks of the Delaware , he very pleasantly remarked , that " the darkest part of the night was just before the dawn of day . " At the time he uttered that sentiment , he was ...
... minds , after they had pitched their tents on the frozen banks of the Delaware , he very pleasantly remarked , that " the darkest part of the night was just before the dawn of day . " At the time he uttered that sentiment , he was ...
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... mind , and on his own responsibility . The attack on Princeton , having been thus decided on , the little half clothed army of Washington , about midnight , silently withdrew from the shelter of their tents , in a cold winter night ...
... mind , and on his own responsibility . The attack on Princeton , having been thus decided on , the little half clothed army of Washington , about midnight , silently withdrew from the shelter of their tents , in a cold winter night ...
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... mind , on the west bank of the Delaware -was communicated to his officers on the bank of the Sampink , and manifestly saved his army , and secured the independence of his country . BURNET'S NOTES ON THE NORTH - WESTERN TERRITORY ...
... mind , on the west bank of the Delaware -was communicated to his officers on the bank of the Sampink , and manifestly saved his army , and secured the independence of his country . BURNET'S NOTES ON THE NORTH - WESTERN TERRITORY ...
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... minds , or polished manners , were rarely met with ; and they had long been deprived of the advantage of modest , accomplished female society , which always produces a salutary influence on the feelings and moral habits of men . Thus ...
... minds , or polished manners , were rarely met with ; and they had long been deprived of the advantage of modest , accomplished female society , which always produces a salutary influence on the feelings and moral habits of men . Thus ...
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... minds of the proprietors , to induce them to adopt the name of Cincinnati , in preference to the one previously proposed . Judge Symmes , being on the spot , might have advised it ; but it is not probable that Governor St. Clair had any ...
... minds of the proprietors , to induce them to adopt the name of Cincinnati , in preference to the one previously proposed . Judge Symmes , being on the spot , might have advised it ; but it is not probable that Governor St. Clair had any ...
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Page 367 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Page 222 - I have now informed you of , the boundaries of the Miami nation, where the Great Spirit placed my forefather a long time ago, and charged him not to sell or part with his lands, but to preserve them for his posterity.
Page 321 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district and for the execution of process criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof, and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require to lay out the parts of the District in which the indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships subject however to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature...
Page 246 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Page 303 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land...
Page 270 - I now fervently pray to the Great Spirit, that the peace now established may be permanent, and that it- may hold us together in the bonds of friendship, until time shall be no more. I also pray that the Great Spirit above may enlighten your minds, and open your eyes to your true happiness, that your children may learn to cultivate the earth, and enjoy the fruits of peace and industry.
Page 438 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.
Page 172 - Price, who was directed to keep sufficiently advanced, so as to give timely notice for the troops to form in case of action, it being yet undetermined whether the Indians would decide for peace or war. "After advancing about five miles...