Genealogical Sketch of the First Three Generations of Prebles in America: With an Account of Abraham Preble the Emigrant, Their Common Ancestor, and of His Grandson Brigadier General Jedediah Preble, and His Descendants |
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... o'clock in the afternoon , having been 16 days on the march . " As to the course of the River into the Country it must be refered , untill a plan of the same which has been taken by a skillful surveyor , shall appear . * The soil for ...
... o'clock in the afternoon , having been 16 days on the march . " As to the course of the River into the Country it must be refered , untill a plan of the same which has been taken by a skillful surveyor , shall appear . * The soil for ...
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... o'clock arrived safe at anchor at Fort Pownal , on Penobscot River ; and there went ashore and drunk good Punch with Brigadier Preble , and evening went on aboard . 25th , Friday , we sent nine men to view the lands on the West river ...
... o'clock arrived safe at anchor at Fort Pownal , on Penobscot River ; and there went ashore and drunk good Punch with Brigadier Preble , and evening went on aboard . 25th , Friday , we sent nine men to view the lands on the West river ...
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... o'clock the next morning , on certain conditions , which were evaded until the time set had expired . The destruction did not commence until 9 o'clock . Gen. Preble removed his family and such other property as he was able to save , to ...
... o'clock the next morning , on certain conditions , which were evaded until the time set had expired . The destruction did not commence until 9 o'clock . Gen. Preble removed his family and such other property as he was able to save , to ...
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... o'clock . Waited on Gen. Lee , drank a glass of wine with him . He told me he was much obliged to me for the honor I had done him by that visit . I set forward , soon heard a brisk firing at Bunker's Hill , which continued till I got to ...
... o'clock . Waited on Gen. Lee , drank a glass of wine with him . He told me he was much obliged to me for the honor I had done him by that visit . I set forward , soon heard a brisk firing at Bunker's Hill , which continued till I got to ...
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... o'clock , and proceeded to Nan- tasket or Hull , which is situated between two hills , -but a very few old houses . We viewed the Fort and two batteries . The fort has five bastions and 16 embrasures , 10 nine pounders , all mounted on ...
... o'clock , and proceeded to Nan- tasket or Hull , which is situated between two hills , -but a very few old houses . We viewed the Fort and two batteries . The fort has five bastions and 16 embrasures , 10 nine pounders , all mounted on ...
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Abraham Preble acres aged Anica appointed April April 20 arrived Bangs Barlow Benjamin born Boston brig Brigadier Capt Captain Committee Commodore Congress Council County Court daughter dear death deceased descendants died Draveil Ebenezer Edward Preble eldest Elizabeth England Enoch Preble Falmouth father France Frances Wright Freeman Gen'l GEORGE HENRY PREBLE Gore Hannah Harriet Harris Henry Preble honor Ipswich Island James Jedidiah Preble JOEL ABBOT John Preble JOHN WAITE Joseph Joshua July July 16 June June 11 June 24 land letter Lieut living March marriage married Martha Mary Mass Mehitable Nathaniel Naval Navy o'clock officers ordered port Portland Preble's Province received Records Roxbury Samuel Sarah says Scottow sent Sept ship squadron Stephen Thomas Oxnard town unmarried vessel voyage Washington widow wife William York young
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Page 34 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies ; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these when those are pass'd away.
Page 111 - Lieutenant and you are^ yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as' you shall from time to time receive from Me, or...
Page 34 - We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best...
Page 305 - In the drawing of a breath Down went dauntless Craven, He and his hundred! A moment we saw her turret, A little heel she gave, And a thin white spray went o'er her, Like the crest of a breaking wave; — In that great iron coffin, The channel for their grave, The fort their monument (Seen afar in the offing), Ten fathom deep lie Craven And the bravest of our brave.
Page 112 - Lieutenant and you are your self to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from time to time receive from Me or...
Page 114 - An Act for the impartial administration of justice, in the cases of persons questioned for any act done by them in the execution of the law, or for the suppression of riots and tumults, in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England...
Page 111 - ... the oaths appointed by an act of parliament made in the first year of the reign of our late royal father, to be taken instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy...
Page 111 - Captain and you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from time to time, as you shall receive from us or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War ; in pursuance of the Trust hereby reposed in You.
Page 26 - The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bounden who is appointed administrator on the estate of late of deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights and credits of the said deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of...