The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Հատոր 3Bancroft, 1836 |
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The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Հատոր 3 James Herring,James Barton Longacre Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1836 |
The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Հատոր 3 James Herring,James Barton Longacre Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1836 |
The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Հատոր 3 James Herring Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1868 |
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Էջ 5 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We, have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Էջ 7 - I have pressed as many Cabinet papers into trunks as to fill one carriage ; our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation.
Էջ 5 - Washington — first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen...
Էջ 8 - Maryland, or fall into the hands of British soldiery, events must determine. " Our kind friend, Mr. Carroll, has come to hasten my departure, and is in a very bad humor with me, because I insist on waiting until the large picture of General Washington is secured, and it requires to be unscrewed from the wall. This process was found...
Էջ 9 - She is a structure resting on two boats and keels, separated from end to end by a channel fifteen feet wide, and sixty-six feet long; one boat contains the caldrons of copper to prepare her steam. The cylinder of iron, its piston, levers, and wheels, occupy part of the other. The water-wheel revolves in the space between them. The main or...
Էջ 8 - Washington is secured, and it requires to be unscrewed from the wall. This process was found too tedious for these perilous moments ; I have ordered the frame to be broken, and the canvas taken out. It is done ! and the precious portrait placed in the hands of two gentlemen of New York, for safe keeping.
Էջ 8 - Two messengers covered with dust come to bid me fly; but I wait for him.
Էջ 4 - Connor and the other officers and men employed in removing the prisoners narrowly escaped by jumping into a boat as the Peacock went down ; and four seamen of the Hornet ran up into the foretop at the same time, and were taken off by the boats. The Peacock was deemed one of the finest ships of her class in the British navy.
Էջ 3 - Dr. Ramsay studied physic regularly with Dr. Bond, attended the hospital, and public lectures of medicine, and afterwards graduated Bachelor of Physic, with great eclat ; it is saying but little of him to tell you, that he is far superior to any person we ever graduated at our college; his abilities are not only good, but great; his tálente and knowledge universal; I never saw so much strength of memory and imagination united to so fine a judgment.
Էջ 7 - Congress entertain a high sense of the distinguished bravery and military conduct of John Paul Jones, Esq., captain in the navy of the United States, and particularly in his victory over the British frigate Serapis on the coast of England, which was attended with circumstances so brilliant as to excite general applause and admiration...