Memoranda and Official Correspondence Relating to the Republic of Texas, Its History and Annexation: Including a Brief Autobiography of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1859 - 648 էջ |
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... March , 1829 - elected Grand Warden June 8th , 1829 - D . G. M. 14th June , 1830 , and Grand Master June 13th , 1831. On the 29th March , 1829 , I organized , joined , and put in operation Philadel- phia Lodge No. 13 , of the city of ...
... March , 1829 - elected Grand Warden June 8th , 1829 - D . G. M. 14th June , 1830 , and Grand Master June 13th , 1831. On the 29th March , 1829 , I organized , joined , and put in operation Philadel- phia Lodge No. 13 , of the city of ...
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... March , 1836 , to make the Declaration , and to frame a Constitution ; also resolutions fixing the basis of representation in said convention , & c . , & c . These recom- mendations were advocated by myself , J. Collinsworth , and B. C. ...
... March , 1836 , to make the Declaration , and to frame a Constitution ; also resolutions fixing the basis of representation in said convention , & c . , & c . These recom- mendations were advocated by myself , J. Collinsworth , and B. C. ...
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... March came the news of the fall and mas- sacre of the Alamo , and I immediately enlisted as a volunteer private soldier in Capt . Calder's company , 2d Regiment infantry , and joined the army at the Beeson crossing of the Colorado , two ...
... March came the news of the fall and mas- sacre of the Alamo , and I immediately enlisted as a volunteer private soldier in Capt . Calder's company , 2d Regiment infantry , and joined the army at the Beeson crossing of the Colorado , two ...
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... march , there was not a single death in the 2d Regiment from the time I was appointed , until the battle on the 21st of April . [ April 2d , 1836. - I discharged from this time the duties of Judge Advocate General , until I left for New ...
... march , there was not a single death in the 2d Regiment from the time I was appointed , until the battle on the 21st of April . [ April 2d , 1836. - I discharged from this time the duties of Judge Advocate General , until I left for New ...
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... March , 1845 , I removed to my new home , " Barrington , " named after my native town in Massachusetts . On the 19th Feb. , 1846 , I surrendered the Government of Texas into the hands of Gen. J. P. Henderson , Governor , and Texas ...
... March , 1845 , I removed to my new home , " Barrington , " named after my native town in Massachusetts . On the 19th Feb. , 1846 , I surrendered the Government of Texas into the hands of Gen. J. P. Henderson , Governor , and Texas ...
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Էջ 553 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue, A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Էջ 300 - He who ascends to mountain tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Էջ 556 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Էջ 557 - So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Էջ 604 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ! Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Էջ 608 - To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled : " The undersigned, clergymen of different religious denominations in New England, hereby, in the name of Almighty God, and in his presence, do solemnly protest against the passage of what is known as the Nebraska Bill...
Էջ 605 - I call for the yeas and nays." The yeas and nays were ordered; and, being taken, resulted— yeas 13, nays 19.
Էջ 474 - Texas engages that She will Stipulate in the treaty not to annex herself or become subject to any Country whatever.
Էջ 48 - ... force of two or three thousand men, or as many as might be necessary, and to make a descent upon the Mexican town of Matamoras, and capture and hold it; that Com. Stockton would give assistance with the fleet under his command, under the pretext of giving the protection promised by the United States to Gen. Murphy; that he would undertake to supply the necessary provisions, arms and munitions of war for the expedition, would land them at convenient points on our coast, and would agree to pay...