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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... SETTLEMENT OF CHARLESTOWN . PAGE 17 TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE II . • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 22 THE PRELUDE TO HOSTILITIES 32 THE NIGHT ALARM IN Middlesex 38 THE GREAT EMIGRATION THE BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD 42 THE SITUATION BEFORE ...
... SETTLEMENT OF CHARLESTOWN . PAGE 17 TO THE DEATH OF GEORGE II . • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 22 THE PRELUDE TO HOSTILITIES 32 THE NIGHT ALARM IN Middlesex 38 THE GREAT EMIGRATION THE BATTLES OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD 42 THE SITUATION BEFORE ...
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... settlements of 1628 and 1630 , and the principles that animated the settlers , to review such portions of the common ... settlement of 1630 began upon territory of which the county was subsequently formed , and because the first church ...
... settlements of 1628 and 1630 , and the principles that animated the settlers , to review such portions of the common ... settlement of 1630 began upon territory of which the county was subsequently formed , and because the first church ...
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... settlement at New Plymouth . Though neither are mentioned in the patent , the position at once assigned them under it renders it probable that their active connection with the Company's affairs began at a very early day . Within three ...
... settlement at New Plymouth . Though neither are mentioned in the patent , the position at once assigned them under it renders it probable that their active connection with the Company's affairs began at a very early day . Within three ...
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... settlement it- self . Though he never came to New England , Cradock continued to take an interest in the colony , and to seasonably befriend it at home when the char- ter was in peril . ter was in peril . He had establishments at Mar ...
... settlement it- self . Though he never came to New England , Cradock continued to take an interest in the colony , and to seasonably befriend it at home when the char- ter was in peril . ter was in peril . He had establishments at Mar ...
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... settlement of the Massachusetts Colony , and came over as deputy- governor in 1630. In 1644 , at the age of sixty- eight , Dudley was chosen sergeant - major - general , the highest military office in the colony . He was governor in ...
... settlement of the Massachusetts Colony , and came over as deputy- governor in 1630. In 1644 , at the age of sixty- eight , Dudley was chosen sergeant - major - general , the highest military office in the colony . He was governor in ...
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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.