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... Quakers , especially in Pennsylvania , who did not believe in war , so the young major of militia had a poor , ragged lot to command . Some of the companies arriving from other colonies refused to assist in the work of constructing ...
... Quakers , especially in Pennsylvania , who did not believe in war , so the young major of militia had a poor , ragged lot to command . Some of the companies arriving from other colonies refused to assist in the work of constructing ...
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... Quaker gen- eral . This was a regiment of real soldiers , prop- erly uniformed and equipped with arms , tents and other accoutrements . The men from Vir- ginia wore Indian leggings and other garments of backwoodsmen and pioneers , as if ...
... Quaker gen- eral . This was a regiment of real soldiers , prop- erly uniformed and equipped with arms , tents and other accoutrements . The men from Vir- ginia wore Indian leggings and other garments of backwoodsmen and pioneers , as if ...
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... Quaker . Ross had been engaged in guarding the ammunition on a dock on the Delaware River , and had died in the service of liberty , leaving his beloved Betsy a widow . She had supported herself by doing fine needlework and embroidery ...
... Quaker . Ross had been engaged in guarding the ammunition on a dock on the Delaware River , and had died in the service of liberty , leaving his beloved Betsy a widow . She had supported herself by doing fine needlework and embroidery ...
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... Quakers who would not fight but did help by furnishing part of " the sinews of war , " sent the money needed to pay the men — to their great astonishment - and they re - enlisted on the first of January , 1777 . On the third of January ...
... Quakers who would not fight but did help by furnishing part of " the sinews of war , " sent the money needed to pay the men — to their great astonishment - and they re - enlisted on the first of January , 1777 . On the third of January ...
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Page 211 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Page 140 - The wine, as they dosed themselves pretty plentifully with it, soon banished the restraint which at first appeared in their conversation, and gave a license to their tongues to reveal their sentiments more freely. They told me, that it was their absolute design to take possession of the Ohio, and by G they would do it...
Page 40 - I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet.' — 'Run to my arms, you dearest boy,' cried his father in transports, 'run to my arms; glad am I, George, that you killed my tree; for you have paid me for it a thousand fold. Such an act of heroism in my son is more worth than a thousand trees, though blossomed with silver, and their fruits of purest gold.
Page 77 - Virginia ship (which it is very difficult to do), a planter that has three or four hundred acres of land and three or four slaves, if he be industrious, may live more comfortably, and leave his family in better bread, than such a master of a ship can.
Page 174 - These savages may indeed be a formidable enemy to your raw American militia, but upon the king's regular and disciplined troops, sir, it is impossible they should make any impression.
Page 182 - Honored Madam: If it is in my power to avoid going to the Ohio again, I shall; but if the command is pressed upon me by the general voice of the country, and offered upon such terms as cannot be objected against, it would reflect dishonor on me to refuse it...
Page 204 - Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms.
Page 77 - I understand that you are advised and have some thoughts of putting your son George to sea. I think he had better be put apprentice to a tinker, for a common sailor before the mast has by no means the common liberty of the subject; for they will press him from a ship where he has fifty shillings a month and make him take twenty-three, and cut and slash and use him like a negro, or rather like a dog.
Page 210 - MY DEAREST, I am now set down to write to you on a subject, which fills me with inexpressible concern, and this concern is greatly aggravated and increased, when I reflect upon the uneasiness I know it will give you. It has been determined in Congress, that the whole army raised for the defence of the American cause shall be put under my care, and that it is necessary for me to proceed immediately to Boston to take upon me the command of it. You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in...
Page 205 - And has not General Gage's conduct since his arrival, in stopping the address of his council and publishing a proclamation more becoming a Turkish bashaw than an English governor, declaring it treason to associate in any manner by which the commerce of Great Britain is to be affected, — has not this exhibited an unexampled testimony of the most despotic system of tyranny that ever was practised in a free government?