An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Lives, Characters, and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in North America from Its First Settlement, and a Summary of the History of the Several Colonies and of the United StatesWilliam Hyde & Company, 1832 - 800 páginas |
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... brother . There were 7 brothers . ham's Vt .; Encyc . Am .; Dwight's Trav . He published the Natural and Political 11. 409 , 421 ; Amer . Rememb . 1778. 50. history of Vermont , 1798 , and statements ALLEN , Ira , first secretary of Ver ...
... brother . There were 7 brothers . ham's Vt .; Encyc . Am .; Dwight's Trav . He published the Natural and Political 11. 409 , 421 ; Amer . Rememb . 1778. 50. history of Vermont , 1798 , and statements ALLEN , Ira , first secretary of Ver ...
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... brothers , sons , and neigh- hood of Bennington , and threatened to de- bors against each other , entered even solate ... brother Moses him as trophies of his campaign of three Allen in 1779 , he took a journey on or four days . During ...
... brothers , sons , and neigh- hood of Bennington , and threatened to de- bors against each other , entered even solate ... brother Moses him as trophies of his campaign of three Allen in 1779 , he took a journey on or four days . During ...
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... brother of the preceding , import , that as the enemy might have was born at Northampton Feb , 23 , 1751. parties landed between them and West He and four of his brothers entered the Point , lieutenant Allen was ordered to army in the ...
... brother of the preceding , import , that as the enemy might have was born at Northampton Feb , 23 , 1751. parties landed between them and West He and four of his brothers entered the Point , lieutenant Allen was ordered to army in the ...
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... brother of the Rev. John to come to this country , that in future no Andrews of Newburyport . He first pub - marriage should be deemed lawful , unless lished , in Boston , the Herald of Free- celebrated by ministers of the church of ...
... brother of the Rev. John to come to this country , that in future no Andrews of Newburyport . He first pub - marriage should be deemed lawful , unless lished , in Boston , the Herald of Free- celebrated by ministers of the church of ...
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... brother of the governor . His only son was a cler- gyman ; of three daughters one was mar- ried to Dr. Cary and one to Dr. Butler , both heads of colleges ; the third mar- ried a son of Dr. Paley . Dr. Thomas Bulfinch of Boston married ...
... brother of the governor . His only son was a cler- gyman ; of three daughters one was mar- ried to Dr. Cary and one to Dr. Butler , both heads of colleges ; the third mar- ried a son of Dr. Paley . Dr. Thomas Bulfinch of Boston married ...
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Página 394 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 10 - The die is now cast; I have passed the Rubicon ; swim or sink — live or die — survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination.
Página 100 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Página 144 - When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And then the earth, though old, still clad in green, The stones and trees insensible of time, Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; If winter come, and greenness then do fade, A spring returns, and they more youthful made. But man grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid.
Página 395 - England, some doubts as to his divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble.
Página 358 - They say there is a young lady in New Haven who is beloved of that Great Being, who made and rules the world, and that there are certain seasons in which this Great Being, in some way or other invisible, comes to her and fills her mind with exceeding sweet delight...
Página 42 - Nothing but to request you will witness to the world that I die like a brave man.
Página 474 - When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory. And before him shall be gathered all nations ; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats ; and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Página 13 - I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Página 488 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.