A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania: From Its First Beginnings to the Present Time, Including Chapters of Newly-discovered Early Wyoming Valley History, Together with Many Biographical Sketches and Much Genealogical Material, Հատոր 2Raeder Press, 1909 |
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... Congress Paymaster and Commissary for the two companies then being raised in Wyoming for the Continental service ( see Chapter XIII ) ; and October 11 , 1776 , he was appointed and commissioned by the Congress " Lieutenant Colonel in ...
... Congress Paymaster and Commissary for the two companies then being raised in Wyoming for the Continental service ( see Chapter XIII ) ; and October 11 , 1776 , he was appointed and commissioned by the Congress " Lieutenant Colonel in ...
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... Congress ; and June 3 , 1774 , he moved in the Assembly of Con- necticut that representatives from that Colony be sent to such a Congress . ( See Vol . I , page 393 , 4th paragraph of note . ) In April and May , 1775 , the 6th Regiment ...
... Congress ; and June 3 , 1774 , he moved in the Assembly of Con- necticut that representatives from that Colony be sent to such a Congress . ( See Vol . I , page 393 , 4th paragraph of note . ) In April and May , 1775 , the 6th Regiment ...
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... Congress from Pennsylvania and the first Attorney General of Pennsylvania under the Constitution of 1790. F. B. Dexter , in his " Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College , states ( III : 172 ) that George Beckwith , JL ...
... Congress from Pennsylvania and the first Attorney General of Pennsylvania under the Constitution of 1790. F. B. Dexter , in his " Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College , states ( III : 172 ) that George Beckwith , JL ...
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... Congress authorized the raising of the 2d Pennsylvania Battalion , to serve one year in the American army . January 5 , 1776 , Thomas Craig , Jr. , was commissioned Captain of a company enlisted principally in Northampton County and ...
... Congress authorized the raising of the 2d Pennsylvania Battalion , to serve one year in the American army . January 5 , 1776 , Thomas Craig , Jr. , was commissioned Captain of a company enlisted principally in Northampton County and ...
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... Congress . From 1779 till 1781 he was President of Congress ; in 1784 he was appointed Chief Justice of Connecticut ; in the same year he was elected Lieuten- ant Governor of the State , and in 1786 was elected Governor - holding this ...
... Congress . From 1779 till 1781 he was President of Congress ; in 1784 he was appointed Chief Justice of Connecticut ; in the same year he was elected Lieuten- ant Governor of the State , and in 1786 was elected Governor - holding this ...
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A History of Wilkes-Barré, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania: From Its ..., Հատոր 2 Oscar Jewell Harvey Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1909 |
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24th Regiment appointed April Assembly August Avery battle of Wyoming Benjamin Bidlack block-house born brother Butler's Rangers Capt Captain Butler Colonel Butler Colonel Denison Colony command Committee Comtee Congress Connecticut Continental Creek Daniel daughter December Delaware died Durkee Ebenezer Elisha enemy Forty Forty Fort Geological Society Governor Hanover Historical and Geological Indians inhabitants Isaac James January John Durkee John Jenkins Johnson Jonathan Joseph July June Kingston Kingston Township lands Lazarus Stewart letter Lieut Lieutenant Luzerne County Lyme March married miles militia Nathan Denison Niagara Northampton County Northumberland County November Obadiah Gore October officers Ogden party Peirce Penn Pennamites Pennsylvania Philadelphia Plymouth proprietors Province Rangers returned River Samuel Sayenqueraghta Senecas September settled settlement settlers Slocum Smith Stephen Susquehanna Company Thomas Timothy Tories town of Westmoreland Township Voted Westmoreland wife Wilkes Wilkes-Barré William wrote Wyoming Historical Wyoming Valley York Zebulon Butler
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Էջ 882 - ... with such salaries to the masters, paid by the public, as may enable them to instruct at low prices; and all useful learning shall be duly encouraged, and promoted, in one or more...
Էջ 942 - ... to delegate to the merciless Indian the defence of disputed rights, and to wage the horrors of his barbarous war against our brethren?
Էջ 695 - ... shall be adjudged felony without benefit of clergy, and the offenders therein shall be adjudged felons and shall suffer death as in case of felony without benefit of clergy.
Էջ 875 - The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole and made them happy. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection.
Էջ 942 - The desperate state of our army abroad is in part known. No man...
Էջ 942 - I solemnly call upon your lordships, and upon every order of men in the state, to stamp upon this infamous procedure the indelible stigma of the public abhorrence.
Էջ 881 - I do believe in one God, the Creator and Governor of the Universe, the rewarder of the good and the punisher of the wicked. And I do acknowledge the scriptures of the old and new testament to be given by divine inspiration...
Էջ 875 - THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Էջ 942 - But, my lords, this barbarous measure has been defended, not only on the principles of policy and necessity, but also on those of morality ; " for it is perfectly allowable," says Lord Suffolk, " to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands.
Էջ 985 - And sounds that mingled laugh, — and shout, — and scream, — To freeze the blood, in one discordant jar, Rung to the pealing thunderbolts of war.