The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution ; Or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence, Volume 2 |
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... American Troops - Refusal of the French to co - operate -They sail for Boston - Protests - Retreat of the Americans ... American Camp - Dispatch in a silver Bullet - Name and Fate of the Spy - Site and probable Form of the Temple - View ...
... American Troops - Refusal of the French to co - operate -They sail for Boston - Protests - Retreat of the Americans ... American Camp - Dispatch in a silver Bullet - Name and Fate of the Spy - Site and probable Form of the Temple - View ...
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... American Army toward the High- lands - Howe's Destination determined - The Clove - The Ramapo Pass - March of the allied Armies to Virginia- Clinton deceived by Washington's Letters - The " Hopper House " - Patriotism of the Owner ...
... American Army toward the High- lands - Howe's Destination determined - The Clove - The Ramapo Pass - March of the allied Armies to Virginia- Clinton deceived by Washington's Letters - The " Hopper House " - Patriotism of the Owner ...
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... American Officers killed - Washington and his Offi- cers honored - General Stephen - Washington's Head - quar ters at Whitemarsh - Skirmish there - American Encamp ment - Retreat of the British to Philadelphia - Departure of the Americans ...
... American Officers killed - Washington and his Offi- cers honored - General Stephen - Washington's Head - quar ters at Whitemarsh - Skirmish there - American Encamp ment - Retreat of the British to Philadelphia - Departure of the Americans ...
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... American and French Armies - Morris and Peters - Change in Plan of Operations - Cornwallis ordered to the Chesapeake -Takes Post at Yorktown and Gloucester , and fortifies them -Sketch of Cornwallis - Southern Campaign - De Grasse in ...
... American and French Armies - Morris and Peters - Change in Plan of Operations - Cornwallis ordered to the Chesapeake -Takes Post at Yorktown and Gloucester , and fortifies them -Sketch of Cornwallis - Southern Campaign - De Grasse in ...
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Benson John Lossing. of the Americans - The Battle - ground - Withdrawal of Corn- wallis - Pursuit by Greene - American Women at Prayer- Cornwallis's March to Wilmington - Green's Approach to Camden - Quaker Marriage - Centenarian ...
Benson John Lossing. of the Americans - The Battle - ground - Withdrawal of Corn- wallis - Pursuit by Greene - American Women at Prayer- Cornwallis's March to Wilmington - Green's Approach to Camden - Quaker Marriage - Centenarian ...
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Page 496 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Page 497 - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 272 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 496 - ... we must fight! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Page 496 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone: it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 272 - He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitutions, and unacknowledged by our laws ; giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation : For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us . For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment for any murders which they should commit on the inhabitants of these states ; For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world...
Page 273 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Page 273 - For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world; For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent; For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of Trial by Jury; For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses...
Page 280 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 280 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise, the state remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.