A New American Biographical Dictionary: Or, Remembrancer of the Departed Heroes, Sages and Statesmen of America. Confined Exclusively to Those who Have Signalized Themselves in Either Capacity, in the Revolutionary War which Obtained the Independence of Their CountrySamuel F. Bradford, 1829 - 400 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 53
Página
... President of Congress on resigning his commission , Dec. 23 , 1783 , the foregoing speech , 10 15 23 31 36 2 8 8 18 2 42 The Answer of General Mifflin , the President of Congress , to 43 Adams , Samuel , 45 Laurens , Henry , 264 Adams ...
... President of Congress on resigning his commission , Dec. 23 , 1783 , the foregoing speech , 10 15 23 31 36 2 8 8 18 2 42 The Answer of General Mifflin , the President of Congress , to 43 Adams , Samuel , 45 Laurens , Henry , 264 Adams ...
Página 23
... president and council , and speaker of the assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania , and such other gentlemen and strangers of distinction , as they shall deem proper . IN CONGRESS , Mar 8 , 1778 . AN ADDRESS Of the Congress , to ...
... president and council , and speaker of the assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania , and such other gentlemen and strangers of distinction , as they shall deem proper . IN CONGRESS , Mar 8 , 1778 . AN ADDRESS Of the Congress , to ...
Página 42
... President of Congress on re- signing his commission - December 23 , 1883 . MR . PRESIDENT The great events on which my resignation depended , having at length taken place , I have now the honour of offering my sincere congratulations to ...
... President of Congress on re- signing his commission - December 23 , 1883 . MR . PRESIDENT The great events on which my resignation depended , having at length taken place , I have now the honour of offering my sincere congratulations to ...
Página 43
... President of Congress , to the foregoing speech . SIR - The United States in congress assembled , re- ceive with emotions too affecting for utterance , the solemn resignation of the authorities under which you have led their troops with ...
... President of Congress , to the foregoing speech . SIR - The United States in congress assembled , re- ceive with emotions too affecting for utterance , the solemn resignation of the authorities under which you have led their troops with ...
Página 64
... president under this constitution ; and he was re - elected to the same office in 1793. On the retirement of general Washington from the presidency in 1797 , Mr. Adams succeeded him in that dignified station , which he filled for the ...
... president under this constitution ; and he was re - elected to the same office in 1793. On the retirement of general Washington from the presidency in 1797 , Mr. Adams succeeded him in that dignified station , which he filled for the ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
NEW AMER BIOGRAPHICAL DICT Thomas J. (Thomas Jones) 1781-1 Rogers No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2016 |
Términos y frases comunes
action Adams afterwards American army appointed arms Arnold arrived assembly attack battle battle of Camden battle of Princeton Boston brave Britain British British army Burgoyne camp captain cause character Charleston citizens Clinton colonel colonies commander in chief commenced conduct confidence congress Cornwallis danger death declaration defence Delaware detachment distinguished duty elected enemy engaged exertions expedition favour fire force friends gallant Gates gave governor Henry honour hundred immediately independence Indians John Adams killed legislature liberty lieutenant lord lord Cornwallis lord Dunmore major-general Massachusetts ment military militia mind Morgan Moultrie neral night occasion officer party patriot peace Pennsylvania person Peyton Randolph Philadelphia possession president prisoners Randolph rank received regiment retired retreat revolution revolutionary Richard Henry Lee river Samuel Adams ship soldiers soon South Carolina spirit station talents tion took town troops United Virginia Washington wounded York
Pasajes populares
Página 219 - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Página 217 - Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Página 162 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Página 218 - No, Sir, she has none. They are meant for us : they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them ? Shall we try argument ? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years.
Página 162 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 218 - If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in...
Página 199 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Página 22 - Rodney, George Read, Thomas M'Kean. MARYLAND. Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. VIRGINIA. George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton. NORTH CAROLINA. William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn. SOUTH CAROLINA. Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton. GEORGIA. Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton.
Página 143 - 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 214 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell— and George the third — [' Treason,' cried the speaker — ' treason, treason,' echoed from every part of the house.