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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Page 73
... hope my future conduct in the exalted station they had raised me to , would justify their partiality in my favor . Capt . Henry Young Brown's pe- tition came up to the Board ; the Committee of both Houses to whom it was referred ...
... hope my future conduct in the exalted station they had raised me to , would justify their partiality in my favor . Capt . Henry Young Brown's pe- tition came up to the Board ; the Committee of both Houses to whom it was referred ...
Page 93
... hope care will be taken that every attack upon our enemies through the province , will be conducted by proper officers ; orderly , regularly , and with proper autho- rity ; lest it should occasion a civil war amongst ourselves . It is ...
... hope care will be taken that every attack upon our enemies through the province , will be conducted by proper officers ; orderly , regularly , and with proper autho- rity ; lest it should occasion a civil war amongst ourselves . It is ...
Page 93
... hope we shall be excused for thus troubling your honor ; as we are solicited to do it by a number of gentlemen . We are with great veneration , Your Honors most Obt . Servt , ENOCH FREEMAN ( per order ) . place , this Committee will ...
... hope we shall be excused for thus troubling your honor ; as we are solicited to do it by a number of gentlemen . We are with great veneration , Your Honors most Obt . Servt , ENOCH FREEMAN ( per order ) . place , this Committee will ...
Page 94
... hope your health will soon admit , and with you we join in the hope upon seeing a speedy end to the great difficulties , this disturbed Colony now labors under . * We are with great respect , Your Honors humble Servts . P. S. Please ...
... hope your health will soon admit , and with you we join in the hope upon seeing a speedy end to the great difficulties , this disturbed Colony now labors under . * We are with great respect , Your Honors humble Servts . P. S. Please ...
Page 96
... hope and wish they may meet with such encourage- ment as may engage them in our interest , as I think it of the utmost consequence to engage that Tribe , and I doubt not but your using your Interest in the Congress will very much ...
... hope and wish they may meet with such encourage- ment as may engage them in our interest , as I think it of the utmost consequence to engage that Tribe , and I doubt not but your using your Interest in the Congress will very much ...
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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...