History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County, Հատոր 1Estes and Lauriat, 1879 |
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... COLONY . 48 PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE • FROM 1634 TO THE CLOSE OF THE PEQUOT WAR . 58 BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL . FROM THE PEQUOT WAR TO THE FORMATION OF THE INVESTMENT OF BOSTON THE COUNTY 68 · THIRTY YEARS OF PEACE 74 EVENTS TO THE CLOSE OF ...
... COLONY . 48 PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE • FROM 1634 TO THE CLOSE OF THE PEQUOT WAR . 58 BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL . FROM THE PEQUOT WAR TO THE FORMATION OF THE INVESTMENT OF BOSTON THE COUNTY 68 · THIRTY YEARS OF PEACE 74 EVENTS TO THE CLOSE OF ...
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... colony roduction to recapitulate successful , to e of them is The found- y constitutes rican history , attempts ex- n's eyes and time was ripe erous under- igious exiles the Bay , and , tude , history th . In point pect of aims , le ...
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... colony and government until the accession of William III . Essex witnessed the laying of the foundations for the colony of Massachusetts Bay ; Middlesex , the formal assumption of government , under the royal charter , by men who ...
... colony and government until the accession of William III . Essex witnessed the laying of the foundations for the colony of Massachusetts Bay ; Middlesex , the formal assumption of government , under the royal charter , by men who ...
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... Colony had been in existence four years , and had given such assurance of its ability to sustain itself as to embolden some gentlemen of the West of England to attempt beginning a plantation at Cape Ann . In 1624 these persons formed a ...
... Colony had been in existence four years , and had given such assurance of its ability to sustain itself as to embolden some gentlemen of the West of England to attempt beginning a plantation at Cape Ann . In 1624 these persons formed a ...
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... colony , were invested with absolute power to punish or pardon , and to rule the colonists according to the ordinances made in pursuance of the charter . We recite so much of the terms of this ancient instru- ment , not only because it ...
... colony , were invested with absolute power to punish or pardon , and to rule the colonists according to the ordinances made in pursuance of the charter . We recite so much of the terms of this ancient instru- ment , not only because it ...
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History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully ..., Հատոր 1 Samuel Adams Drake Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1879 |
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Էջ 176 - We wish that this column, rising towards heaven among the pointed spires of so many temples dedicated to God, may contribute also to produce in all minds a pious feeling of dependence and gratitude. We wish, finally, that the last object...
Էջ 176 - We come, as Americans, to mark a spot, which must forever be dear to us and our posterity. We wish that whosoever, in all coming time, shall turn his eye hither, may behold that the place is not undistinguished, where the first great battle of the revolution was fought. We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event, to every class and every age.
Էջ 176 - ... maternal lips and that weary and withered age may behold it and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests. We wish that labor may look up here and be proud in the midst of its toil. We wish that in those days of disaster which, as they come...
Էջ 280 - For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it ? Lest haply after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish...
Էջ 37 - Massachusetts; and desirous to unite ourselves into one Congregation or Church, under the Lord Jesus Christ, our head, in such sort as becometh all those whom he hath redeemed and sanctified...
Էջ 107 - The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the Inhabitants of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (Boston, MDCCXLII).
Էջ 322 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Էջ 36 - ... we desire you would be pleased to take notice of the principals and body of our company, as those who esteem it our honor to call the Church of England, from whence we rise, our dear mother ; and cannot part from our native country, where she specially resideth, without much sadness of heart, and many tears in our eyes, ever acknowledging that such hope and part as we have obtained in the common salvation...
Էջ 176 - We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event to every class and every age. We wish that infancy may learn the purpose of its erection from maternal lips, and that weary and withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests. We wish that labor may look up here and be proud, in the midst, of its toil.
Էջ 346 - It is surprising how much work has been done. The lines are extended almost from Cambridge to Mystic River, so that very soon it will be morally impossible for the enemy to get between the works, except in one place, which is supposed to be left purposely unfortified, to entice the enemy out of their fortresses.