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Page 991
... military power they no longer hesitated to place it in the hands of Washington , and on the 27th of December ( 1776 ) they passed the following act : " The Congress , having maturely considered the present crisis , and having perfect ...
... military power they no longer hesitated to place it in the hands of Washington , and on the 27th of December ( 1776 ) they passed the following act : " The Congress , having maturely considered the present crisis , and having perfect ...
Page 999
... military stores . * Lieu- tenant - Colonel Baylor , his aide - de - camp , who carried the intelligence of this success to Congress , was presented with a horse completely caparisoned for service , and recommended to the command of a ...
... military stores . * Lieu- tenant - Colonel Baylor , his aide - de - camp , who carried the intelligence of this success to Congress , was presented with a horse completely caparisoned for service , and recommended to the command of a ...
Page 1003
... military principle , that the strongest army ought not to attack toward night . Meanwhile Wash- ington calls a council of war . It is known that they are to be attacked the next day by the whole collected force of the enemy . The matter ...
... military principle , that the strongest army ought not to attack toward night . Meanwhile Wash- ington calls a council of war . It is known that they are to be attacked the next day by the whole collected force of the enemy . The matter ...
Page 1007
... military honors in the grounds of Christ Church . A monument was voted to his memory by Congress , which was never erected , but recently the citizens of Philadel- phia had his remains removed to Laurel Hill Cemetery , with great ...
... military honors in the grounds of Christ Church . A monument was voted to his memory by Congress , which was never erected , but recently the citizens of Philadel- phia had his remains removed to Laurel Hill Cemetery , with great ...
Page 1010
... military , unless restrained by the se- verest discipline , so exasperated the people of the Jerseys that they flew to arms immediately upon the army's hur- rying from Trenton , and forming themselves into parties they waylaid their ...
... military , unless restrained by the se- verest discipline , so exasperated the people of the Jerseys that they flew to arms immediately upon the army's hur- rying from Trenton , and forming themselves into parties they waylaid their ...
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Page 1504 - Lawrence: comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotiu on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia. "ART. 3. It is agreed, that the people of the United...
Page 1483 - The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them, to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country.
Page 1504 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 1503 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut river, thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 1502 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, •South Carolina, and Georgia, to be Free, Sovereign and Independent States...
Page 1505 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war, and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property...
Page 1502 - America, to forget all past misunderstandings and differences that have unhappily interrupted the good correspondence and friendship which they mutually wish to restore; and to establish such a beneficial and satisfactory intercourse between the two countries, upon the ground of reciprocal advantages and mutual convenience, as may promote and secure to both perpetual peace and harmony...
Page 1472 - ... let me request you to rely on the plighted faith of your country, and place a full confidence in the purity of the intentions of Congress...
Page 1027 - States under their direction; to appoint one of their number to preside; provided that no person be .allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States...
Page 1299 - We have been half of our time without provisions, and are likely to continue so. We have no magazines, nor money to form them. We have lived upon expedients, until we can live no longer. In a word, the history of the war Is a history of false hopes and temporary devices, instead of system and economy.