The History of Virginia: From Its First Settlement to the Present Day, Հատոր 4author, 1816 |
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... regiment ; Thomas Nelson to be colonel of the second regiment ; and William Woodford of the third ; but Nel- son resigning , Woodford was appointed to command the second , William Christian was apppointed lieutenant colo- nel to the ...
... regiment ; Thomas Nelson to be colonel of the second regiment ; and William Woodford of the third ; but Nel- son resigning , Woodford was appointed to command the second , William Christian was apppointed lieutenant colo- nel to the ...
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... regiment and the Culpeper battalion had lately been ordered down to Norfolk . Dunmore resolved to prevent . if possible , their passage across James river.— With this object in view , he directed the King Fisher and three large tenders ...
... regiment and the Culpeper battalion had lately been ordered down to Norfolk . Dunmore resolved to prevent . if possible , their passage across James river.— With this object in view , he directed the King Fisher and three large tenders ...
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... regiment to be raised among the Loyalists of the frontier settlements . He was to proceed to Detroit , and there to be reinforced with several compa- nies of the Royal Irish , by Captain Lord , then stationed at Fort Gage , in the ...
... regiment to be raised among the Loyalists of the frontier settlements . He was to proceed to Detroit , and there to be reinforced with several compa- nies of the Royal Irish , by Captain Lord , then stationed at Fort Gage , in the ...
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... regiment . Upon searching and examining their bag- gage , a general plan of the whole scheme was found , with Jarge sums of money , a letter from Dunmore to one of the Indian Chiefs , and other authentic documents calculated fully to ...
... regiment . Upon searching and examining their bag- gage , a general plan of the whole scheme was found , with Jarge sums of money , a letter from Dunmore to one of the Indian Chiefs , and other authentic documents calculated fully to ...
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... regiment , and a body of Norfolk volunteers ; the rest a motley and despicable mixture of blacks and whites , com- manded by Sergeants of the regular troops , and by disaf fected individuals , acting as officers . Woodford immedi- ately ...
... regiment , and a body of Norfolk volunteers ; the rest a motley and despicable mixture of blacks and whites , com- manded by Sergeants of the regular troops , and by disaf fected individuals , acting as officers . Woodford immedi- ately ...
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Էջ 129 - They nourished up ~by YOUR indulgence ! They grew by your neglect of them. As soon as you began to care about them, that care was exercised in sending persons to rule them...
Էջ 170 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them, from time to time, of attempts made by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice...
Էջ 241 - I call upon the honour of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character.
Էջ 240 - My Lords, we are called upon as members of this House, as men, as Christians, to protest against such horrible barbarity ! — " That God and nature have put into our hands !" What ideas of God and nature, that noble Lord may entertain, I know not; but I know, that such detestable principles are equally abhorrent to religion and humanity.
Էջ 129 - They protected by your arms ! They have nobly taken up arms in your defence ; have exerted a valour amidst their constant and laborious industry, for the defence of a country whose frontier was drenched in blood, while its interior parts yielded all its little savings to your emolument.
Էջ 349 - ... little republics, with a warden at the head of each, for all those concerns which, being under their eye, they would better manage than the larger republics of the county or State.
Էջ 139 - Forasmuch as all the endeavours of the United Colonies, by the most decent representations and petitions to the king and parliament of Great Britain, to restore peace and security to America under the British government, and a reunion with that people upon just and liberal terms, instead of a redress of grievances, have produced, from an imperious and vindictive administration, increased insult, oppression, and a vigorous attempt to effect our total destruction.
Էջ 140 - Congress, be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent States, absolved from all allegiance to, or dependence upon, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain ; and that they give the assent of this Colony to such declaration, and to whatever measures may be thought proper and necessary by the Congress for forming foreign alliances, and a confederation of the Colonies, at such time, and in...
Էջ 241 - My Lords, I am old and weak, and at present unable to say more; but my feelings and indignation were too strong- to have said less. I could not have slept this night in my bed, nor reposed my head on my pillow, without giving this vent to my eternal abhorrence of such preposterous and enormous principles.
Էջ 170 - He is, at this time, transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the work of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun, with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.