The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2 |
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Page 111
... to more than the rights of British subjects when they assert , that no power on
earth has a right to impose taxes on the people , or take the smallest portion of
their property , without their consent given by their representatives in parlia . ment
.
... to more than the rights of British subjects when they assert , that no power on
earth has a right to impose taxes on the people , or take the smallest portion of
their property , without their consent given by their representatives in parlia . ment
.
Page 193
III . geance was breathed by the supporters of the 1775 . present system , his
lordship , to the astonish . ment of the house , suddenly moved , what he termed ,
his conciliatory proposition . * Its amount was , that parliament would forbear to
tax ...
III . geance was breathed by the supporters of the 1775 . present system , his
lordship , to the astonish . ment of the house , suddenly moved , what he termed ,
his conciliatory proposition . * Its amount was , that parliament would forbear to
tax ...
Page 201
It is probable , that the orders 1775 . given by general Gage prohibited the detach
. ment under lieutenant colonel Smith , from attacking the provincials , unless
previously assaulted by them ; but it seems almost certain that such orders , if
given ...
It is probable , that the orders 1775 . given by general Gage prohibited the detach
. ment under lieutenant colonel Smith , from attacking the provincials , unless
previously assaulted by them ; but it seems almost certain that such orders , if
given ...
Page 306
Mr . Livingston , a gentleman residing on the river Chambleé , who was very
strongly attached to the American cause , and had rendered it great service ,
pressed so earnestly for a detach . ment from the army , to cut off the communi .
cation ...
Mr . Livingston , a gentleman residing on the river Chambleé , who was very
strongly attached to the American cause , and had rendered it great service ,
pressed so earnestly for a detach . ment from the army , to cut off the communi .
cation ...
Page 378
Upon the first advice that the loyalists were assembling , brigadier general Moore
immediately marched at the head of a provincial regi . ment , with such militia as
he could suddenly collect and some pieces of cannon , to an imFifteenth ...
Upon the first advice that the loyalists were assembling , brigadier general Moore
immediately marched at the head of a provincial regi . ment , with such militia as
he could suddenly collect and some pieces of cannon , to an imFifteenth ...
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| Title | The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is ..., Volume 2 The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Bushrod Washington |
| Author | John Marshall |
| Publisher | C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2007 |
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