The History of Virginia: From Its First Settlement to the Present Day, Հատոր 4author, 1816 |
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... sent it by way of message to many of the principal inhabitants of the town . The fears of some were so far excited as to induce them to send their wives and children into the country . Contribu- The citizens of Williamsburg having ...
... sent it by way of message to many of the principal inhabitants of the town . The fears of some were so far excited as to induce them to send their wives and children into the country . Contribu- The citizens of Williamsburg having ...
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... sent for into their presence , and interrogated them upon every subject which they deemed connected with the public welfare . Such as were found to be dis- affected - refused to take the prescribed oath of fidelity -or join the non ...
... sent for into their presence , and interrogated them upon every subject which they deemed connected with the public welfare . Such as were found to be dis- affected - refused to take the prescribed oath of fidelity -or join the non ...
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... sent into a mild exile , beyond the mountains , by the general committee of safety at Williamsburg . But the county committees did not confine their views to these objects only : they anticipated measuresof defence for the hostility ...
... sent into a mild exile , beyond the mountains , by the general committee of safety at Williamsburg . But the county committees did not confine their views to these objects only : they anticipated measuresof defence for the hostility ...
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... sent to his aid . They were not marched through the streets , but by the way of the Governor's park . After the detachment was landed . Col- del Nelson received a letter from Montague , Captain of the ship Fowey threatening that if the ...
... sent to his aid . They were not marched through the streets , but by the way of the Governor's park . After the detachment was landed . Col- del Nelson received a letter from Montague , Captain of the ship Fowey threatening that if the ...
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... sent too late to afford any opportunity for the exertion of col- onel Nelson's influence , had any disposition been manifest- ed to molest or attack the detachment - because the per- son to whom it was sent , would have been the ...
... sent too late to afford any opportunity for the exertion of col- onel Nelson's influence , had any disposition been manifest- ed to molest or attack the detachment - because the per- son to whom it was sent , would have been the ...
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American appointed arms army Arnold Assembly attack body Britain British British army Captain cause cavalry CHAP circumstances Clinton Colonel colony Commander in Chief Committee committee of safety Commonwealth Congress Continental Convention corps Council declared defence Delegates detachment Edmund Pendleton effect enemy enemy's enterprize Executive expedition Fayette fire fleet force French Gates Governor Henry honour hopes hostile House of Burgesses immediately Indians infantry inhabitants James river Jefferson La Fayette land late Legislature letter liberty Lieutenant Lieutenant Colonel Lord Cornwallis Lord Dunmore measures ment military militia neral New-York Norfolk North Carolina object officers party patriotic persons Portsmouth present prisoners proceeded received regiment reinforcements rendered resolution resolved respect retired retreat river ships Sir Henry Clinton situation soldiers soon South spirit station Tarleton tion town troops vessels Virginia Washington whilst whole Williamsburg Woodford wounded
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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.