The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, Հատոր 1J. Crissy, 1832 |
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... Virginia . His father first married Miss Butler , who died in 1728 ; leaving two sons , Lawrence and Augustine . In 1730 , he intermarried with Miss Mary Ball , by whom he had four sons , George , John , Samuel and Charles ; and one ...
... Virginia . His father first married Miss Butler , who died in 1728 ; leaving two sons , Lawrence and Augustine . In 1730 , he intermarried with Miss Mary Ball , by whom he had four sons , George , John , Samuel and Charles ; and one ...
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... Virginia , who offered him , when 1749 . in his eighteenth year , an appointment as surveyor , in the western part of that territory . His patrimonial estate being inconsider- able , this appointment was readily accepted ; and in the ...
... Virginia , who offered him , when 1749 . in his eighteenth year , an appointment as surveyor , in the western part of that territory . His patrimonial estate being inconsider- able , this appointment was readily accepted ; and in the ...
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... Virginia authorized the executive to raise a regiment for that purpose , to consist of three hun- dred men . The command of this regiment was given to Mr. Fry ; † and * See note , No. I , at the end of the volume . + With an unaffected ...
... Virginia authorized the executive to raise a regiment for that purpose , to consist of three hun- dred men . The command of this regiment was given to Mr. Fry ; † and * See note , No. I , at the end of the volume . + With an unaffected ...
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... - gage , and be suffered to march without molestation into the inhabited parts of Virginia . The capitulation being in French - a language not under- stood by any person in the garrison , and being GEORGE WASHINGTON . 5.
... - gage , and be suffered to march without molestation into the inhabited parts of Virginia . The capitulation being in French - a language not under- stood by any person in the garrison , and being GEORGE WASHINGTON . 5.
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... Virginia regiment , amounted to fifty - eight ; but the loss sustained by the two independent companies is not stated . That of the assailants was supposed to be more considerable . Great credit was given to Colonel Washington by his ...
... Virginia regiment , amounted to fifty - eight ; but the loss sustained by the two independent companies is not stated . That of the assailants was supposed to be more considerable . Great credit was given to Colonel Washington by his ...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Հատոր 1 John Marshall Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1846 |
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Էջ 8 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Էջ 9 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Էջ 417 - No State shall lay any imposts or duties, which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties, entered into by the United States in Congress assembled, with any king, prince or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by Congress, to the courts of France and Spain.
Էջ 7 - He has endeavoured to prevent the Population of these States for that Purpose obstructing the Laws for naturalization of Foreigners refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither and raising the Conditions of new appropriations of Lands...
Էջ 6 - When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Էջ 417 - ... provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever...
Էջ 10 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.
Էջ 71 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies, are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved...
Էջ 230 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
Էջ 14 - 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.