Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events which Produced, and Terminated in the Establishment and Independence of the American Republic ... ; to which is Prefixed a Summary Account of the First Settlement of the Country, and Some of the Principal Indian Wars ... ; to which is Added ... an Appendix, Containing a Biography of the Principal Military Officers, who Were Instrumental in Achieving Our Independence ... |
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... Lieutenant - Colonel Nes- bit , of the forty - seventh regiment , ordered a soldier to offer a coun- tryman an old rusty musket . A man from Billerica was caught by this bait , and purchased the gun for three dollars . The unfortunate ...
... Lieutenant - Colonel Nes- bit , of the forty - seventh regiment , ordered a soldier to offer a coun- tryman an old rusty musket . A man from Billerica was caught by this bait , and purchased the gun for three dollars . The unfortunate ...
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... Lieutenant- Colonel Smith . Neither the secresy with which this expedition was planned ; the privacy with which the troops marched out , nor an order that no inhabitant should leave Boston , were sufficient to prevent intelligence from ...
... Lieutenant- Colonel Smith . Neither the secresy with which this expedition was planned ; the privacy with which the troops marched out , nor an order that no inhabitant should leave Boston , were sufficient to prevent intelligence from ...
Page 228
... Lieutenant - Colonel Smith . This reinforcement , having two pieces of cannon , awed the provincials , and kept them at a greater distance ; but they continued a constant , though irregular and scattering fire , which did great ...
... Lieutenant - Colonel Smith . This reinforcement , having two pieces of cannon , awed the provincials , and kept them at a greater distance ; but they continued a constant , though irregular and scattering fire , which did great ...
Page 263
... Lieutenant Colonel Stir- ling ; and the fourth , by Lord Percy . Soon after day break on the sixteenth of November , the cannonading began , and continued with great fury on both sides until noon . The Hessians under the command of ...
... Lieutenant Colonel Stir- ling ; and the fourth , by Lord Percy . Soon after day break on the sixteenth of November , the cannonading began , and continued with great fury on both sides until noon . The Hessians under the command of ...
Page 267
... Lieutenant Colonel Campbell , and five Hessian field officers are committed to prison , and subjected to the same rigorous treatment which has been ascertained is inflicted on the person of General Lee . Lieutenant Colonel Campbell ...
... Lieutenant Colonel Campbell , and five Hessian field officers are committed to prison , and subjected to the same rigorous treatment which has been ascertained is inflicted on the person of General Lee . Lieutenant Colonel Campbell ...
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Page 214 - Prudence, indeed, will dictate, that governments long established, should not be changed for light and transient causes ; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Page 34 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 144 - Countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such Acts of the British Parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole Empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of Taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without their consent.
Page 1 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 66 - And now will these Americans, children planted by our care, nourished up by our indulgence until they are grown to a degree of strength and opulence, and protected by our arms, will they grudge to contribute their mite to relieve us from the heavy weight of that burden which we lie under ?" Colonel Barre arose, and, echoing Townshend's words, thus commented :
Page 144 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Page 144 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy. 4. That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Page 335 - And let me conjure you, in the name of our common country, as you value your own sacred honor, as you respect the rights of humanity, and as you regard the military and national character of America...
Page 192 - ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained...
Page 94 - It is my opinion that this kingdom has no right to lay a tax upon the colonies. At the same time, I assert the authority of this kingdom over the colonies to be sovereign and supreme, in every circumstance of government and legislation whatsoever.